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_THE^riOriE._ CANNING AND PRESERVING. Great care ia neoeaaary when cook- ing fruit to uae none but porcelain- lined iron kectlea or granite ware. Bnias and tinware discolors preserves and give them an unclean and unap- petizing appearance. The veaaels used should lie ioamaculately clean, (or the beauty of canned fruit is its clear sparkling transparence. Plenty of sugar should be used. Preserves keep much better, and unless enough sugar is used jellies will not "jell." For canning, select fine fruit, but not too ripe, and pare such as pears, peach- es, quinces and apples. Then with a silver fork prick them to the seed in several places, especially if they are to be preserved whole. It allows the air in the fmit to escape and the sugar en- ters more easily. As the fruit is prick- ed throw it into a baalu of cold water in order that it voaj not turn black where pricked. It is then ready for boiling. It i3 a good idea to use small cans and glaaies in which to put up the fruit. It spoils so easily after the can is opened that often much must be thrown away. If the entire contents of a small can will be eaten when opened there will be no chance for wa8t«, nor will ther by any stale pre- serves left about the pantry shelves, which no one carua to have. Many a housekeeper is annoyed ev- ©rj-time she put^ up preserves or pic- kles by flawy jars and glasses which jjreak when th.- hot fruit is put into them. A good way to avoid much of this breaking and cracking is to wrap the jar or glaas into a towel dipped in very hot water; and when ready to fill them put a few spooi'f"l« n( the fruit in first. The glaas has then be- come of guch a temperature that it will not break when filled. Unlessone has the jars with covers which screw on. it is abuolutely necessary to have and core them. To a p»»ck of applea take aljout two quarts of vinegar, (our pounds of sugar, half an ounce each of mace, clanres and allspice, (ungruund) and one teaapounful of mustard seed. Heat the vinegar and sugar until it lioils, tie the spices in a muslin bag and add to the vinegar. Put in the apples and stew until done. Then take out the api^lea, let the vinegar boil down, poor it over the fruit and pat it away. DRINKS FOR THE THIRSTY. Cream Cake.â€" Dissolve one pound of 1< 't 6>jgar in a pint of water, add the juice and grated rind of a large lemon, set over fire to boil. Add the Iwaten whites of chree eggs; stir, take from the fire and strain. Let oool and bottle. When ready to use put two tablespoon- fuls in a glass of ice-water, and add a pinch of soda. Milk Lemooade.â€" This is one of the most delicious of fruit drinks. Dissolve six ounces of sugar in a pint of boiling water, and mix with a gill of lunon juice and the aama amount of sherry. Add three gills o{ cold milk, stir well together, and pour through a jelly lag until clear. Set in the ice chest until thoroughly chilled. Buttermilk. â€" This is one of the most wholesome and cooling of summer drinks. Physicians are recognizing its medicinal properties more and more. In certain stomachic or kidney troubles pa- tients are put upon an entire butter- milk diet, its only accompaniment be- ing a few thoroughly browned crou- tons of whole wheat bread. bpra wu a welitO'do farmer In the aelshborbood of Ipswteli, a great br»*<l«r ef judgts to disqualify all sheep UL.£i-.l,- shorn would work equally well, but UNFAIRLY SHORN SH£EP AT FAIRS. The following from the Mark Lane Express may be read with value by fair managecs : "According to theory, the sheep ex- hibited at the show of the Royal Ag- ricultural Society were oupposed to be fairly shorn. There is a regulatioD of the show coounittee that they muat l)e, or that they will be disqualified, but, as a matter of fact, thi/i regulation is seldom, it ever, now acted on. Like one of the unrepealed fossil laws on the statute Ixmk, it remains as a sheathed sword, liable to be taken out and used, but for the time being allowed to rust in the scabbard. Not so very long since inspectors were appointed to go the round of the sheep pens before the judg- ing took place, and it was their duty to examine every animal and disqualify all that had been unfairly shorn. The notification of disqualification was plac- ed over the penâ€" a very unwelcome, ob- noxious one to the owner, no doubt, but it acted as a very effective deterrent to the ill-practices of shepherds. Now this penalty is altogether wanting. Why inspectors are no longer appointed to ex- amine sheep, nobody knows, or why the council of the Royal Agricultural So- ciety suddenly discontinued appoint- ing them has never been thoroughly explained. Probably some chfese-par- ing saving of expenditure formed the motive for the change, and it was thought that an instruction to the i*nttle, wbo had a small smooth terrltr to which ^he was vtry much atta>?hed,9and which was always with him. On one oc- casion he went to sell some of his beasts at Ipawlch. and, as usual, the dot followed bim. Prices ran high that day, and the some air tight covering. After jelly or jam haa become cold in the glasses, I round pieces of white paper, which fit exactly should be dipped in brandy and I pcctad tor hU bullocks. laid over uhem. Then white paper, or, better, cloth dipped in melted roain and wax makee it so happens that such is very far from being the cose. Judges as seldom disqualify sheep from this cause as they do store cattle when inade too fat. They axe informed in either case to du so, but feel the duty so distaste- - a good covering. This Should be cut large enough to reach down over the ouiside of the jars so that it may be tied firmly with twine. If one ha« a great number of glasses and jare it is well to have them label- ed, or have a separate ahelf for each kind of preserve or pickle. Keep them in a cool, dry place, where the frost will not reach them in winter. Can- Qini^ and pickling require considerable work, Ijut who ever thinks of that when it eruibles one to hive, at slight cost, suiumer luxuries in midwinter, and at the same time affording a plea^iauc var- iety iu the daily fare. GOOD THINGS FOR WINTER. Plum Preserves.- Pick out all un- sound plums and stems and wash un- til clean. Make a syrup of one pound of white sugar and a teacup of wa- ter for e;ich pound of fruit; make it boiling hot and pour oveir the plums. Let them remain in the syrup two days, iheiU drain it off; heat until it is boiling hot, skim it and pour it over again. Let thvm remain a day or Lwo, thl^^ put thorn in a preservijog kettle over the fire and simmer very gently until clear. Take them from the syrup with a skimmer into the pots or jars; boil the syrup until thick and pour it over the plums. The skins may be removed from large plums be- fore preserving. Cover them with boiling water, let it remain until cold, and the skins will usually slip off with- out any trouble. Peach Preserves.â€" Select peaches that are ripe, but not soft, for preserv- ing; pare them, cut them iu halves and take out the seeds. Use a pound of sugar and one teacup of water tu each pound ol fruit, stir it until it is dissolv- ed, put over the fire, and when boiling hot put in the peaches. Let them Uxl gently until they are a clear. uuU'ona color. Take each piece out with a skimmer and spread them on a flat dish unlil they are cold. Let the syrup boil uuul it is thick; put the peaches in a jar and pour ihe syrup over thexu, leaving any sediment that has settled to the bottom. Quince Preserves.â€" Pare, core and quarter the fruit; weigh it and allow an e<iual quantity of sugar. Fur every pound of fruit put a leocupful of wa- ter in the kettle, and boil the parings and coi-es in it until tender. Strain the juice, put in the sugar and fruit, and simmer gently for two hours. At the end of that time slice two lemons to each gallon and put them in; allow them to lx>il up once or twice and put them in jars. Apple Jelly. â€" Put apple parings and cores in a kettle and add water enough to almost cover thv.'m. Boil until ihe parings are tender, then strain the juice through a (lamiel cloth. To three cups i of juice add two cups of sugar aud cook i until it will j<-lly nicely when cold. 1 Just twfore reuioviug from the stove { put in sliced lemon, fivm which seeds have been removed for flavoring. Put in jolly glasses, cover with oiled pa- per, then with the tin covers. Crabapple Jelly.â€" Wash the fruit, put it in a kettle, cover with water and toil until thoroughly cooked. Strain through (laimel and to each pint of juice add a pound of sugar and boil twenty or thu'ty minutes. Jelly can be made of quinces, peaches, apples, plums and many other fruits iu the saiue way. Fruit used for jelly should be tart, juicy aud of good flavor. Tomato Preservee.- Pour lx>iling wa- ter over tooiatoes and remove the skins. To each pouud of tomatoes add a pound of sugar and let it stand over night. Pour oft the juice in the morn- ing and boil it until it is thick; put in the tomatoes and cook until they are clear. The small ytUow tomatoes are liest for preserves aiul sh>.>uld not be too ripe. A little lemon and ginger, added liefore the preserves are done im- prove the flavor. fanner got a far lari;er sum than be nx- ful that they almoKt iiivaiiably ignore it, _. ^ . ,. . ,._ "The fact that it is no loneer nece^ When 'be market was over he went to ^^.^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^_^ the faiTSd ev^ drink a ;;la8a of beer with a friend who clipping of ejthibition sheep having be- kept a public house In the town, and boast- ; come kno^vn, unscrupulous shepherds no eJ to the publican of bl. .uccesa. addlnit. \ ''^°K^r refrain from ill-practices. If â- 1 am «olng lo sleep at my daughter'. ,o- I ^° ^ '^,'^'^*\* wellHsha4«d sheep has an sight, but shall gu Some to-morrow morn- j ^^'f^lf^^ ^^,.,'^u'^ ^J^' ""* *,""'. v!" ing, and wont my mlsau. be pWa«d when ! fiLr^V"'?"*'' '^"^ to conceal the U; «e. the money V Hi. 'rlend con- | "tJ^S^'^^^S^K " ^ "?*<!'' '° ^"PP'y gi.tul.t«l him. and the farmer, haTlng P*^^ ,"» ^. ^» «< mutton when that raid hi. Kor*. took up bl. hat to leaTe the ' " ',«1'- JJ"'} ^J' '"'"" ' he animal form kr T^^z^Tz ^i'hra.trni.'h- ; t.vii.^^:^.:r:'u.'^^:^.T,^i .U.l so, to follow b.m But to his "t»»l»!«- in the shape of a beast. The evil has "Ti T. ^f^ur.^^y, ti^n;::^^ : ^rr^^ rl.^^'i^^^":J^ com- pursuit. -wen : eioia.mea tue mrcer. ; j^^, „niarking on the Very ^rtL ex- tent to which tue abuse was carried in the preparation of at length over this lay a second course of rafters and sheet again. Between the two courses of sheeting fill with sawdust. Then put a ventilator through the roof, and shingle. With double doors and provision fur drainage the apple grower con hold his crop alxiut a& long OS he cares to hold it, provided he takes pains tu maintain an even temperature Dy keeping the ventilators open or ; closed as the necessities may require, ' The storage room descrU>!id may Ije re- I duced in cost by setting up a row of | posts along its center sufficiently strong to sustam a ridgepole and rafters, which after lieing sheathed, may lie coven d with dirt sufficiently deep for â-  warmth and to turn water. Tbetie of i course are matters of detail, which the special attention, character of thi^ soil, lay of the ground, etc., will to a certain extent control in every case. A fruit house almve the grounu can Ije constructed at no very great coat by | imitating the lines along which ice l houses are built, the walls being double ; so as to give dead air space or a lining of sawdust. The roof should also be double to protect from hea.t as well as from cold. The problem to be met is the maintenance of an even tempera- ture with ventilation and perfect drain- age." COAL CONSUMPTION. Zsaaber of Tesa I'anoained as tke Kail way. at the World. An industrious trifler. writing in a French review, has been at the pains to ascertain what is the annual con- sumption of coal on the railways and ; steam companies of the country, and j he has worked out a total of 3,782,850 j tons. This, he tells us, would make a pyranjid 516 feet high and 894 feet at ! the basis, or nearly 70 feet al>ove the height of the Great Pyramid. Then j he goes on to oaleuUte rhat if all this coal were loaded in trucks the train i would be 1,625 miles, or â€" as with a| nice feeling for the Franco-Russian alliance he puts itâ€" the distance be- tween Paris and St. Petersburg. If this train had to travel at the rate of l!? 1-2 miles an hour, it would take t)e- tween S and i days to pass a given point. The railways of the whole world consume, be asserts, on the faith uf statistics which are doubtless fairly accurate, nearly 63,0Ol),Ollll tons of coal, which would make 25 "Great Pyra- mi<is," but he does not draw any mor- al from these figures except that a great deal of carl>onic acid is thus pre- cipitated into the atmosphere. the dog would sot obey hut hid under the , ^^^^hVg miTt'^bl^ done"^T£^ »'•"'" "1. A? ,"^» ""^ /"?•,?""'„"'!!'â-  latent to form an .pinion coul, pursuit -Well:" exclaimed the farnier. ] 1 â-  . . T'"' " "^V" that's tha mo.t extraordinary thing I ever kuaw. That creature haa been like my sha- dow ever slnoe <tae wa« a puppy. She even Insist, on going to church with me. What has happened to her I cau't think !" TbiJu rv<-ommendlng her to the cure of hia friend "llll .h» CTma to hi'r .euses," he went away very dlaoatlsfled. leaving -Jie dog t>e- bUid The next morning he started early on horseback to retnru to his farm, having e:ille<I Iu vnlu for his dog, who had disap- peared. The road led through a narrow luue wttb high banks on each sUI«. A. h>- i-ame Into this lane bis dog suddenly start- ed up before hIa horse, and by barking, lunnlng backward a.id forward, and b.r very consider able prtiportion of the sheep exhibited at the LeLc«jter Royal. Never at any previous show had there been .so many unfairly-shorn sheep aks at this one. If the sheep steward or the judges had suddenly resolved to carry out rigiiily the work of inspection the numlx>r of the disqualified would have absolute- ly astounded visitors. I'he fact may be unpleasant to admit, but cannot be denied, and must, of course, come to the knowledge of thiwe high in au;h- ority 'Perhaps it will be said that no kind of unfair shearing will diiceive a good everything a dog could do. tried to prevent judge who p..'rJurnB the duties of his her master's going on. When she found It offi^.„ ^tistactorily, which, of course, wa. uaelaas to try and atop hlui. «b" means that such a good judge mjuld dashed forward op tho .tecp bank, and In , discover the weak poiiita concealed by a moment a man cam* rolling over aii.l wool by handling, if his eye hod not over down to the road, with the dog at his readily detected them. But all judges tUroat. while auotbe. man was seen .cram- ^ are not alike discriminating or indeed bllng up the bank and making hlc-esoape. industrious, aud too much ought not Tho farmer dl.mountea nnd ran toward , to be left for them to do. etspecLUly as the miin, who ««ld In a stl.led voice, "Call uj^y appear to ignore altogether' the o!T your dog, he la throttllug me. and 1 duty of disqualifying sheep when un- wlll confer nil." The (ariiier did », and ' fairly shorn. ECeu were it admitted the man confeaaed that he and "bis pal" , that such attemple<l dec-its never de- had been at tho further end of the public ceive judges, they may not be noticed liou.e Iu a (lark corner wh»a the farmer i by customers, but it slaiuls to reason had been boasting of th* money he had got and common-^eose that they should not at the sale, that then and there they bad . be allowed." made a plot to rob blui on his way home, and If he^realsted to murder blni. But lliay never could get rid of the dou. Her instinct warned her that thera wai some O'Ucblef brewing agaliint her master, aii4 she never lost sight of them a moment to» whole night through. Wban thay started In the morning for th* lane *h« followed thvm, though at a snfe dlstanc«, and when they concealeil theTn.«elve8 In tho brnsh- wc<Kl of the bank abe lay down and watcb- e<l them till she benni the hoof, of h^r muster's horse, when she dashed forward to stop him. as I have relatetl. Some other men came up- aud the wonld- be robber waa arrested nnd brought to trial at the AssUes. where Sir Robert I'eel was present and heard the whole evidence.^ Thi dog \VH8 produ(*ed In court as having saved her muster's life, and her e:ktraordlnary Instinct aud fidelity made srch an Inipreif. sloB on Sir Robert that he was uavcr weary of repeating the atory. A FEW POl.NTliRS. Luck, like lightning, often comes in a dark hour. A man's lie-abilities are what make him successful in business very fre- quently. Cards arc intimately connected with calls, whether visiting cords or the other kind. Some men who never had any advan- tages \vhile young are the quickest to cake one now. Youth writes its hopes ui>oa the sand, and age advancvws like the sea and washes them all out. There are a great many people who will never go to heaven uuless they can go at excursion rated. A New Jersey wouiau has invented a new preventive of hyiuophobia. She turned a wa^htub over the dog and sat on it until a man brought a gun. If some religious people whom it is our uiisfortuue to know would prey le.ss on their neighbors and more on their knees the world would be lietler off. "Luncheon thrown in" is a prom- inent motto in some localit ies. Any- body who will take the troulde to watch the lunch counters will admit that they are. It cost thirty-seven dollars and a half in Burlington, Vt., tor a man to kiss a girl at a depot in mistake „..,,.. „• 1. i ^ 1 -•>™» '• B"' *•• a depot in mistake for Pickletl Apples.â€" Ripe, hanl, sweet ap- j his sister, and now he is sorry he didn't plea are \nat tor plokles. Peel, quarter pick out a prettier girL SrORING APPLKS. "Apples intended either for markit or storage must, of course, Ix' carefully picked and as carefully handled after gathering, in order to prevent bruising. If this be done, the question of keep- ing until the Latter part of the win- ter or early spring is only one of pro- viding a proper place to store them. The time to sell oidinary farm crcps, whether ;is soon as fit for shipment or later on, is a matter about which there Ls considerable difference of opinion," saois the Homestead, "and many hold that taking one year with another, the time to ship Lsas3.<on ;i3 the crop is fit for sbipiueut. However this may l)e with farm crops generally, it is, we think, the rule with the apple crop that whenever there is a crcn> at all, there is a glut imjiie<l lately following gath- ering time, friMii which, however, there is usually a recovery a little later on even iu good apple years. It is quite common lo see a very low price harvest time, but as soon as t be rush is over the price tloubles or even more th^in doubles as the first surplus rushed up- on the market gets out of the way. We think this is largely due to the i fact that so great a proportion of apple growers .are poorly provi led with facili- tlee of storage, even temporarily, and they feel obliged to shii- the product as fast OS it is fit to ship because they can do nothing else with it. "Of course it is impossible tor the average fruit growtfr to maintain cold storage, but however adv.mtageous this may be it is not eescutial. A good fruit bou;^ or a good, dry, well-ventilated cellar will keep applos until late In the winter, :uid this is perhaps as long as I it is profitable for tlie grower to Keep I them. There are a variety of wa.vs b.v ' which storage may be provided. A very I good way is to dig a storage room of suitable size ajid depth into a gravel- ; ly hillaide if one be at hand. It ui;iy I th<>n be walled up either with plank or with irreguhirly shapt-d .stone, pick- { ed from the f^irm in those localities II where stone abound. Then put on .a double roof by laying a pl.ite on the wall with rafters and sheeting. Cover the slweling wiih building paper add CHEER UP. Cheer up. ye toilers of the earth. .\nd pray. i>eru»e my rhyme; The millionaire can only eat One dinner at a time I One bed at night alone can rest. That form we envy so. 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Scrofula ood salt rbeiun will dlaap. pear. Your nerves will be strong, your sleap sound, sweet and refraahhig. Hood's Sarsapap rtlla makes piu-e blood. That U why it curat M many dlseasoi. That Is why thousands ttks It to cure disease, retain good health. Bemambtf ood's Sarsapariiia Is the One True Blood Puriter. Alldruggl.ts. IV . , ,, r».,. cure Ltv-r Ills; easy t# nOOd S Hi lis take, easy to oparace.'JtMb FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS."""*^ DUNN'S BAKING POWDER THE COOK'S BEST FRIEND LAWGEST Sale in ca na d. a. A SEGULAR CBIPPLE. The Story of an Old Settler In Dufferln County. SadFrol Terribly wlUi Eheamallam. 0*4 Mad to llM Mrrhanleal .lppllan<-ra •• Tarn In Bedâ€" Friends Tku«gli( he CsoUl \»t Kfrovrr. From the Economist, Shelburne, Ont. .-Vlmust everybody in the township at Melaucthon. Uufferin Co., knows Mr. Wm. August, J. P., postmaster of Au- guston. Jlr. .August, now in bis TJltt year, come to Canatla from England forty years ago, and for ijiirty-eight years has been a resident of Melano- thoa. During some thirty years of that time he has lieen a postmaster, and for eleven or twelve years was a memliec of the township council, for some yean holding the pusittoa of deputy reeva. He has also been a Justice of the pesos since the formation of the county. It will thus be seen that Mr. August stands high in the estimation of his neighbors. In the winter of 18yi-3 Mr. August was laid up with an unusually severs ati s. of rheumatism, being confined to i^he house and to his bed for about thi»e months. To a reporter of the Economist, Mr. August said: 'I was in fact a regular cripple. Suspended from the ceiling over my bed was a rope which I would seize with mr Mame^"I hope you didn't let that Mr. Huggins put his anus alwut youf" Mabelâ€" "Why* Is there auyibing the matter with his arm?" 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I have no hesitation in saying that ( owe my recovery to Dr. Williamsf Pink Pill,-).' I'heee pills are a perfect blood build- er and nerve restorer, curing such dis- eases as rheumatism, neuralgia, i.*artial paralysis locomotor ataxia, St. Vitus' l>ance. Bervous headache, all nervous froublsB, palpitation of the heart, the after effects of la grippe, dise;ises do- pending on humors of the blood, such as scrofula, chrouic crysipeUis, etc. Pink Pills give a healthy glow to pale and sallow com pie .mo n» and are a speci- fic tor troubles iwculiar to the female svstem, and in the cas«i of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from metiuil wi>rry. in<Twurk, or ex- c^vssfs. l>r. WiUiujiis' Pink Pills may Iw had of all druggists or dirt>ct by mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.. Brockville, Ont., or Schenectady, N.Y., at 5(lc. a t>os, or si.\ for |2.50. See that the company's registered triide mark is on the wraiiper of every box offered .vou. and ix«-iitively refuse all imita- tiiMis or sulwt it ut-es alleged to l)e "just Od good." Remember no other remedy has been discovered that can success- fully do the work of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. CAN'T ABBREVIATE IT. .\ great problem is soon to occnpj the mindis of the people of the world. In four years the sweep of time will carry ub into a new century, and the figures which indicate<l the "century o( 181)0 will be exchanged for ISIiH). W'hen 'his time couie.s coji we abbreviate the year In writing and printing, as we do now in 1896? If we ui.iy abbreviate, how shall it lie done ? How will this look, 00? Or this, 19'f When you write at the toi» of yoiu letter, Vugust 10th, '90, it looks all right; but August II), 01), will not be at all Sati9t.actory. IXd you ever beOore think what an ijiconvenieut time 1900 is going to bef It so, just consider how lucky your stars are that you will not be liv^dg an this mundane s|>bere iu :2000 i .::;!i&>iiimtS.i