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1".‘ rw'v __~ _'<-"' 7"w'vw'7~"_p~vivvvvfl'w-vv'wvvvv'wvvvfivvvvvvrvfivvv‘ â€" 'â€" A â€" v v r w A - ~ A â€" 1 v . - l v ,. Geeseaofipseeoewseamfi i=9 if? HOME Hygiene and Other Note EL‘- 61 e Q o Recipes for the Kitchen. § for ‘the Housekeeper. 9 Q e owbeoccmeeo QQOQGQQQOQQQOQBQQQBQQ FOR TI-I-E HOUSEWIFE. Any vegetable of assertive flavor will be improved for persons who ure inclined t_o scorn it by first ‘par-boiling it. Cabbage will be found far more delicate if it is treat- ed in this way. Instead of sprinkling lavender among the bed linen of the linen closet, as their grandmothers did, many house-keepers now keep their sheets and pillow cases between "large sachets which are perfumed with lavender, sweet clover, or de- licately scented sachet powder. Others, who like the odor of the "piny woods,” keep flat sachets filled with pine needles tacked at the corners and sides of the mat- tresses. This odor is thought by some to be sleep producing. Skilful _laundresses know that to iron a starch-ed article when too dry results in breaking the threads of linen, which in a short time makes the frayed edge or the hole. They also know that hot water dampens the clothes more evenly than cold, and makes the garment more quickly ready for the iron. A sprinkler, which is much better than the hand, can be bought at the house-furnishing shop-s. It consists of a rulbber bul'b, with a rose sprink~ ler attach-ode-just like those the florist uscs for Watering the plants in his windoW. Oriental eggs is a dainty savory suitable for a supper and is ma'de with three liar-d boiled eggs, one tablespoonful of cream, one dessert- spoonful of Worchestershire sauce, one dessertspoonful anchovy sauce, one dessertspoonful of vinegar, sea- soning to taste,‘ and six small slices of beet root. When the eggs have been boiled and are cool shall them, cut them in two, removemthe yolks and pound them in a mortar,‘ add to them the cream, sauces, vinegar, and seasoning. Force this mixture through a rose forcer into the half cups of white of eggs, place each cup on‘ a small round of beet root, and garnish the dish by placing curled lettuce leaves or endive ' round. Clurried apples are a novelty with many persons. To prepare them core a half dozen large tart apples and arrange them in a baking dish. Cream Together four tablespoonfuls of butter and a cupful of brown sugar, and beat in a tablespoonfu'l of curry powder and a tablespoonful of lemon juice. Fill the space left by the cores with the mixture, and bake in a quick oven. O D0 not clean plate glass mirrors with soap and water, which sooner or later dim the surface. Alcogol and Water is safe. but unless the mirror is actually dirty, rubbing With a soft cloth cleanses it perfect- ly. It is best not to use soap on table glass, much of which is rather soft and easily scratched. For this reason avoid the many patent pol- ishing powders and cloths advertis- ed to give a high polish to good glass. ' A divan or couch piled with cushions seems to be accepted as the correct thing for every den, snuggery, or living room, but in no part of the house-furnishing is taste more often offended than in this par- ticular arrangement. We copy reck- lessly the Oriental effects, juggling them together in such a literal “riot” of colors that jar and dis- cord follow. If many cushions are wanted and Eastern stuffs are liked as coverings, they should be careful- ly selected in relation to each other and to the cover. If the wood of the couch or sofa is in ev'idence, that, too, should be considered. Rich Persian effects are out of har- mony on a White enamel settce or couch, as are dainty cushions of white silk, or .fine embroidered linen against a massive mahogany an- tique, covered in some heavy dark stuff. What is appropriate, in the boys’ den or smoking room is quite unsuitable in the dignified library or drawing-room. Yet cushions, like- briceanrac are constantly being bought and made in the most irre- levant fas-hionâ€"for their individual effect alone-and with never a thought of what their environment will be. SALADS. Cucumber ‘and Olive Salad-Cut cucumbers in halves, scoop out the seeds and they will resemble boats. Fill with chopped olives that h.ve been stuffed with anchovies and pour a French dressing over. Scoop out tomatoes and! fill with the same mixture. Arrange both cucumbers and tomatoes together on a bed of lettuce leaves. This salad may be served with the fish course. lanai-y Salad-â€"Cut a_slice from 'lhe stem end of red apples and ucoop out the inside. Fill with a mixture of grape fruit, apple and celery cut fine. Put a spoonful of mayonnaise in each, then garnish with little eggs made from Neusch- atcl cheese and colored with vege- table coloring; on this perch a little bird also molded from the tinted cheese. Set this apple on lettuce leaves. Hardvand. Salad â€" Cut Cucumbers cooked sweetbreads, and celery into cubes and cover with oil dressing. Serve in lemon baskets. For t'he dressing, mash yolks of four boiled eggs until smooth. Add half tablespoonful sugar, half teaspoon mustard, half teaspoon salt and few grains cayenne ; then, gradually four tablespoons oil and-four tableâ€" spoons vinegar. Stir in lightly white of egg and one quarter .cu-p heaVy cream beaten until stiff. Russian lSalad-Make' an aspic jelly and mould in small shapes with small bits of cooked vegetables. Serve with a French dressing mad-e piqluant with tabasco and paprika. Salad Rolls-These may be made into tWists or sticks or plain rolls. Scald one cup milk ; add three level tablespoons sugar, half a teaspoon salt. When lukewarm add one yeast cake dissolved in one-quarter cup lukewarm water, whiteof an egg and flour to knead. Cover and let rise. Cut dOWn and let rise again, shape again, let rise, and bake in a hot oven.Brush over before baking with egg slightly beaten, diluted with one tablespoon milk. GOOD RECIPES. Rc'ast Beef.-â€"Wipe the beef carc- fully with a piece of cheese-cloth wrung from cold water, sprinkle wit-h ‘salt and dredge With flour. Put the beef on a rack in the drip-ping pan land not directly on the bottom of the pan. Allow 13 minutes in the oven for every pound of beef and baste every ten minutes. Brown Gravyâ€"â€"’l‘ake three table- spoons of the fat in the dripping pan, add to it three level table- spoons of flour and brown; turn in one and one-quarter cups of-hot water and cook five minutes. Roast Lamb â€" Prepare like the beef and stuff with cracker crumbs buttered and seasoned and with a little Worcheetershire sauce added. Bake 15 minutes to the pou-n-d. Currant Jelly Sauceâ€"Make a brown gravy and add one-half glass of currant jelly ; serve when the jelly is melted. Mashed Potatoes-Boil six pot-a- toes, press through a ricer, add one- half cup of butter, salt, pepper and about one-half cup of hot milk. Beat well and reheat. Sweet Potato Croquettes-Boil and rice enough sweet potatoes to make two cups ; moisten with three level tablespoons of butter and the yolks of two eggs. Season with salt, pep- per and a speck of nutmeg. Shape, dip in crumbs, egg and crumbs and fry in deep fat. Hominy cakes may also be served with roasts. Brussels Sprouts-Soak in salted salted Water until tenider, drain; re- heat in a white sauce and serve in water 20 minutes, cook in boiling timbal cases. w“ EAST INDIAN IVORY WORK. Exhibit at the Durbar Fine Art Show at Delhi. In the fine art exhibition held at Delhi during the durbar an ines- timable treasure of carved and in- laid ivory, each piece a perfect gem of Indian art, was displayed. To make this collection the whole vast Indian empire was ransacked, and the palaces and temples of more than a hundred native princes gave up their precious ornaments. Notable in the collection was a lady’s clothes chest, three feet long and carved of ivory. Across the lid and sides of the snowy white casket a flight of broad winged birds flut- tered through a. delicately wrought tracery of trees and flowers. The secret of the workmanship of‘ this wonderful chest has long been lost, even among the hereditary ivory carvers cf India. The box, al- though made out of one piece of material, has been so constructed that it has the appearance of a. triplicate nest of chests, one set into the other, the sides of each of these sections being carved and wrought in a design peculiar to itself. There is also a strange cabinet, five feet high, constructed ‘entirely of ivory, each section of which, al- though carved from one piece, is quadruplicate and bears its own de- sign, leaf, flower and bird, even of the innermost piece, being wrought with infinite detail. A chess board, a turban box and a great mirror frame were other wonder compelling things, while the imagination stands appalled before a small oblong jewel casket. Its surfaces are covered by a lacelike tracery, depicting some ancient myth of old Delhi. Beasts, and birds, and trees, and flowers, and strange hea- then gods are wrought; with surpas- sing beauty out of the creamy ele- phant tusk. The marvel is not that it took the patient artist prince thirty years to do it, but that it should have been possible to do it at all. For it must be remembered that these old ivory carvers did not have the modern fa- cilities for carving their material or the best instruments for carving and cutting. All of this wonderful work was done with two thin bladed knives and a sharp pointed ferrule or chisel. Notwithstanding the fact, however, that these marvels are beyond the hope of the modern artist's attain- ments, the Delhi exhibition has stim- ulated an increased interest in the possibilities of ivory as a material Worthy 0f the skill of the present day. ._. x__.___.. Berlin has 25,769 cellars inhabited by human beings, hard- 1:’ Pull FARMERS ,2 e, ; 7, Seasonable and Profitable if.“ 2; hints for the Busy Tiller - ~‘ of the Soil. é w"’$='“‘~~v-x“r'-r~i'\*+'Â¥ MANURE AS A FERTILIZER. The improved growth of plants through the use of manure is due to the preseocc in the manure of three substancesâ€"nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid. The plants take up these plant food substances, and in various Ways utilize them as forces to build up their vegeâ€" table matter. Compared with t'he total weight of plant material, the actual plant food contained‘ in crops is very small, but this small quantity is nevertheless absolutely essential, for without them, not a particle of growth could be made. From this, we perceive that the small quantities of nitrogen, potash, and phosphoric acid in manurcs is a very important matter to agricul- ture. The profitableness of farming is measured by the crops or products sol'd off the farm. It does not mat- ter in what form these sales are made, every one of them removes more or less plant food from the farm, and this must be replaced sooner or later, or profitable crops cannot be grown. It is evident that the ROUGI-IAG'E OF THE‘ FARM, that is, the unsalablc portions of crops, cannot make good these losses, for such portions of the pro- duce 0f the land are only about one- halfof the total crop yields. Oi course, on stock farms where large qlu-antitie's of stock feeds are pur- chased, these conditions do not ap- ply, as more plant food is bought and brought to the soil in the form of manure, then is sold off in products. As a matter of fact, it is now commonly recognized that the farm- yard manure realized on the average farm is insufficient to maintain the average fertility of the soil. As it was known before this point be- came of common knowledge, that the valuable substances in manures were practically confined to nitrogen potash and phosphoric acid, intelli~ gent farmers began early to investi- gate all forms of cheap materials which contained one or more of these stub-stances. It was found that almost all forms of nitrogen, potash and phosphoric acid in crude ma- terials Was as available as plant food as farm yard manure, and in many instances more readily con- trolled in its efforts. This led gra- dually to the establishment of great fertilizer manufacturing industries. So extensive has this industry'be- come that we are now talking of manure as a fertilizer rather than of FERTILIZER AS A MANURE. This grew out of the need of a cor- rect balance for particular crops, of the three elements of plant food. At the same time, the plant food composition of manures must always hold high rank, beingprac-tically a natural manure, and being made up of the very materials it is desired to grow. Stated in fertilizer lan~ guage, and supposing 10 tons of farm yard manure are concentrated to a weight of one ton, for fer- tilizers are practically concentrated manures, the analysis of this man- ure fertilizer would be as~= follows Nitrogen, 5 per cent; phosphoric acid, 3 per cent, and potash, '5 per cent. Practically, where clovers , are grown in rotation, the nitrogen may be reduced to 2 per cent., and as the phosphoric acid bec'omes avail- able very slowly it should be in- creased to 5 per cent. With this we have an ideal formula, based on manure as a fertilizer,-â€"â€"a base we may all hang to with safety. FARM NOTES. Whenever you see a cow hum-pod up on the north side of the cow barn, you can put it down that the winter feed in the barn will be used at a dead loss, and that additional feed will be required to take the chill out of the cow’s back, and you will never in the wide world make a profit in the milk pail. Such a condition of affairs may be put down as a result of carelessness on the p-art of the farmer. In the by- gone times when such customs pro- vailed, the mortgage foreclosure was, as a rule, only a question of time. In a horse well marked fullness of brain half way between the eyes and the setting of the ears, accom- panied with breadth and fullness immediately back of the ears, are always connected with kindness of disposition and associated with am~ bition. If there is fullness in front and narrown'ess back of the cars there will be kindly disposition without the ambition. If develop- ment be the reverse of this there will be the absence of kindly inten- tions with marked vicious tenden- cies. Roots are a valuable crop for the farmer to grow“ especially mangels and turnips. Eight pounds of roots are equal to one pound of grain, and four pounds of grain, properly fed, will give one pound gain in live weight in hogs. Figuring on -..../ Ezéfiamh Market Report :"llelow Par." this basis, an acre of roots, yield- ing 800 bushels, will give 1,500 pounds of live weight. An acre of barley yielding 42 bushels, will give 504 pounds of live weight. The value of the barley straw should, however, be considered. At an Ohio farmers’ institute last week the idea Was advanced that farmers. should abandon their 0r- chards, put the land so occupied to other crops and with the proceeds buy their fruit off those who make fruit growing a specialty. The rea- sons advanced Wcre that the busy farmer either cannot or will not combat insect enemies and fungous disease, and therefore has little good fruit anyhow. The dairy barn shoul'd be Well lighted, with windows on the south, and those windows should be kept clean. We have seen barn windows that were not cleaned for years, and the brightest sunshine out of doors Was a cloudy day inside. The milch cows need sunlight, not only for health, but to produce milk and butter ‘fat. The most exhaustive crops of fer- tility are tho'se grown for their seeds, while the most ameliorating are those consumed in a green’state on the farm. Of the different crops, clover draws a larger portion from the air than almost any other crop grown on the farm. -â€"“â€"r THE UUNUILIATIUN AUT. IT HAS BEEN CONDEMNED IN NEW ZEALAND. Summary of the Most Remark- able Legislation Ever Passed. A despatch from Wellington, N.Z., to The London Times says that dis- satisfaction in New Zealand with the Arbitration Act is evidently in- creasing. At a meeting of Social- ists and ‘Trades Unionists at Wef- lington the speakers strongly con- denmed the working of the measure. The Unionist ollicials, says the des- patch, admitted at the meeting that the act was a failure and stated that militant unionism had been villed by it. They declare that they would not recommend the adoption of such a measure in other countries. HISTORY OF THE ACT. The Industrial Act was originally passed in 1894. Amending Acts were passed in 1895, 1896 and 1898, a consolidating act in 1900 and a further amending act; in 1901. All “industrial matters,” except indictable offences, come under these laws, that is, “all matters affecting or relating to work done or to be done by workers, or the privileges, rights, and duties of employers or workers in any industry” ; and “workers” includeall persons “em- ployed to do' any skilled or unskill- ed manual or clerical work for hire or reWard in any industry.” Boards of conciliation, consisting of one or two representatives of workers and as many employers, with an independent chairman, are constituted in the seven districts of the colony, and a Court of Arbitra- tion, consisting of one representative of the Workers, one of the employ- ers, and a judge of the Supreme Court for president, is appointed for the whole colony. Two employers or seven workers may form an in~ dustrial association ; trades unions miay register as such unions. The workers’ unions elect separately the workers’ representatives to the con-' ciliation boards, and nominate a re- presentative for‘ the court ; the cm:- ployers’ unions do the like ; in de- fault of ail-election, the Governor may fill vacancies. The term of of~ fice is three years, alike for the boards and, the court. Industrial unions of both parties may enter into an "industrial agreement” re- lating to any industrial matters, or for the settlement of disputes. Such ‘agreements are enforceable at law ; their~term is for three Years at most, but even after the expiry they hold good until superseded by a new agreement or an award of the court. Any dispute may be referred to a board of conciliation by an industrial union (after ballot vote of members) an industrial assé'cia- tion or an employer. NO RIGHTS FOR non-nuiomsrs Unorganized bodies of workmen have no rights, but once a dispute is brought before a board, the lat- and Conciliation ‘ I 1 l J ter may extend the reference so that the matter may be dealt with in a complete shape. The board, after hearing the parties, summoning wit- nesses, and making such enquiry a: it thinks fit, makes within threr months a recommendation for set- tlement, the duration of the same tc be fixed Within six months and three years. Either party may zip peal from a board to the Court o‘ Arbitration, but if no appeal is file: within a month the board's recom mendation operates-and is enforce able as an industrial agreement. Th1 court has all the powers possesset by the hoards, and ,may also compe' the production of books and docu ments, award costs, etc. Its do cision must be given within a montl after the hearing has begun, and i1 given by a majority of the court The award of the court. is final. A term of years, not exceeding three must be fixed for its duration, buf after expiry of the same, it hold: good until superseded by a fresl award or agreement. The court hal pQWer to make the award in anj case operative beyond the district o‘. the original dispute, and applicabh to all competing areas in the colony The Act of 1901 specifically made awards BINDING ON NON-UNIONISTS and on new firm-s starting busines: in a district after the issue of a: award, and expressed in statutory form the power exercised previousl; by the court of ordering preference to be given to trades unionists. Th‘ Act of 1901 enabled either party to go straight to the court, instead of bringing the case before a board 1 this wasintended to remedy delay and pressure of business. When a dispute has been brought before a board, any act in the nature of a strike orlockout is forbidden, under penalty of £50 fine. Any breach of ‘an agreement award is punishabls by fine of £500 in the case of a: industrial union or an employer, and £10 on any member of a union. The funds of a trades union registen ed as an industrial union, cannot be attached at law,- except for a breach of the conciliation acts. A FRIENDLY OPINION. Since the passing of the Act of 1894, there have only been some half dozen strikes by small bodies of Unorganized Workmen; the trade of the colony has risen from £16,- 000,000 to £23,000,000 in 1901, and the number of persons employed in factories and workshops front 29,879 to 53,460. The Secretary of Labor says : "The effect of the Aci up to the present has been to great- ly benefit the working classes by raising wages, by shortening Work- ing hours and by giving (when other things, such as skill, etc.,, are equal) preference to unionist workers." It is, therefore, difficult to understand What objectioii' the trades unionists should have to the Working of the measure. -~â€"~#.» VIZGETARIANS, BEWARE ! - A remarkable theory in regard to the increase in crime is adVanced by Dr. Arthur McDonald, criminologist attached to the United States Bu- reau of Education at Washington. Dr. McDonald argues that automo- biles, electric cars, and telephones and other inventions are responsible for the increase in crime, suicide, and various forms of abnormality, because they cause people to exer- cise less and to think more. This, he says, puts an unusual strain on the nervous system as compared with the muscular system. IJr. Mc- Donald's conclusions are as curious as his theory. “Eat meat and po- tatoes,” he declares, “or you may become a criminal." â€"â€"-â€"+â€"â€"â€" The King of late has had to risr; at an abnormally early hour, Sq great has been the pressure of work brought to bear 'upon him. Sack- fuls of lettersâ€"literallyâ€"arrivc ev- ery day at Buckingham Palace f0] the King. Missivcs addressed other- wise than in the correct royal style are first cast aside to be read b3 the sifters, as they (the letters)are judged to be anonymous, or other- wise disqualified. The rest are sub mittcd to the King, and for the most part (unless knowu to' be purely ofli- cial) unopened even by his priVati secretaries. The King’s style of an- swering his letters That style is simple and telephonic He manages to say much in over’ word. is all his oum . “new a.» ;: .. ' '