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g. , .3 m “amm- saevm . m‘nsvflne‘rsk'fluh . Qoéeaeeeoogoeumeaoaees ° Hill {I}? iillME‘f Recipes for the Kitchen. Hygiene and Other Note for the Housekeeper. boaoeooooooeoecoseeaeo CUSTARDS. The direction for baking all cup custards is the same way. Pour the mixture into cups, set them in- to a pan of hot water,and bake in a rather moderate oven about twenâ€" ty minutes, or until the custard is Hot. in the centre. Custards are best served cold. Sponge cake or angel's food is a. delicious accom- paniment to custard. Each of the following recipes will make enough to fill four custard cups. The chief care in making custards is to mix the ingredients thoroughly. Maple Custard.-~Beat three eggs until a full spoonful can be taken up. Add a pinch of salt, one-third cupful of maple syrup, and when these are Well mixed, add two cupâ€" 053000000 monocowed’m-‘t "vrvvvv mfl'v‘mWfi fuls of milk. Strain and bake as directed. Nut Custardâ€"Rub four level tablespoonfuls of nut butter smooth with one cupful of water. lit-ct A two eggs light, with eight lcvel Q tablespooni‘uls of sugar and add to the butter with a. pinch of salt. Mix .Well with another cup of warm wa- ter and cook in a double boiler ’rill creamy. Then bake as directed. To make this of different flavors, use different kinds of nut butter. Caramel Custardâ€"Let one-half cupful‘ of brown sugar molt and brown in a saucepan over a moderâ€" ate fire,. stirring constantly to preâ€" vent burning. When well browned pour over it one-wzarter (coffee) 053me of boiling water, and let it simmer slowly. lie-at two eggs, add a’pinch of salt and one pint of 3 milk. When the caramel is melted ' add to it the milk and stir well. Bake as directed. Chocolate Custardâ€"Heat to the boiling point in a double boiler, one cupful of milk and one cu'pful of water, or preferable, two cup- fuls of milk. Put in a granite sauce pan or cup over a moderate fire oneâ€"half square of Baker’s choâ€" colate, shaved up, four tablespoon- fuls of granulated sugar and one- half tablespoonful of water. Stir this constantly until it is smooth and -, glossy. Add the hot milk, slowly, beating thoroughly. When this is tepid add it to tw0 eggs beaten thoroughly. Add a pinch of salt and one-half teaspoonful of va~ nilla. Beat all together'thoroughly and bake as directed. Cocoa Custardâ€"Heat one cupful of milk and one cuipful of water, or preferable, two cupfuls of milk, to the boiling point in a double boiler. Mix together thoroughly four cvcn teaspoonfuls of Baker’s cocoa and four tablespoonfuls of granulated Sugar. To this add the hot milk slowly. When this is tepid add it slowly to two eggs beaten light. Add a pinch of salt and on‘câ€"half teaspoonful of vanilla. Beat thorâ€" oughly and bake as directed. Coffee Custardâ€"Beat till light two eggs, 2). pinch of salt and two tablespoonfuls of sugar. Add slowâ€" ly two-thirds of a cupful of milk and It cupfuls of clear, cold coffee. Beat up thoroughly and bake as directed. « Pumpkin Custardâ€"This is merely the custard part of pumpkin pie for which it is an excellent substiâ€" tute. Mix well oneâ€"half c-upful of sugar, one even teaspoonful of ginâ€" ger and two even teaspoonfuls of cinnamon. With these, beat up one egg till light. Add twoâ€"thirds cup- ful strained pumpkin, then ll» cupâ€" fuls milk. Beat till thoroughly' mixed and bake as directed. SIMPLIFIED LIVING. A simpler style of living would rc- lieve the burdens of many house- keepers. A great deal of time is wasted on the trimming and laundâ€" ering of clothing and house- hold linen draperies. A ruffled gar- ment requires at least double the time to iron that would be required for a plain garment. Make under- clothing, children's clothing, win=~ dow draperies, etc., plain and use flat trimmings. But you say ru‘iiles are so dainty. So they are, but with all the extra work they involve are they worth while? In some houses roenis are filled with things that have no reason for being there. The moving and dust- ing of those ornaments (‘2) mean the expenditure of a great deal of time and strength in the course of a. month. Do they add enough to the pleasure and culture of the family to make it worth while? We think some good photographs or other pictures on the walls; a few good plaster casts; Hpookshelves filled with books; and comfortable, plain furniture would be infinitely more artistic and educational, while the care of such a room would not be burdensome. Plain finishes in the _ ‘ furniture and wood work of our homes would mean less. labor in their care. In cooking utensils, good material made in a. simple, smooth form Would mean a saving of time. FeWer dishes at a meal, ’but each dish simply and perfectly cooked, would reduce the work of the kitchen oneâ€"half. Now these suggestions for simpli- fied living do not mean careless housekeeping nw the elimination of the happiness or the growth of the family. On the contrary, they should lead to a. more honest and a larger life for all. pâ€"dnâ€"n DOMESTIC RECEIPTS. Vanilla Sauce for Puddingss‘LBeat one egg and stir half a pint of milk into it. Add sugar to taste and fiVe or six drops of vanilla. Put in- to a saucepan over the fire and stir one way till it begins to thicken. Do not let it boil. Fruit Sauce for Puddingsâ€"Boil any kind of fruit with a little water until it is quite soft, then rub through a fine sieve With the back of a. Wooden spoon. Sweeten to taste, heat it and pour over the pudding. Nice for boiled or steam- ed puddings. Hard Sauce for Puddingsâ€"«Cream half a cup of butter until light and white; then stir in gradually the same Weight of pulverized sugar. Make up in the form of a pyramid and grate nutmeg over it. For rice or cabinet puddings. Cream Sauce for Puddingsâ€"TWO cups rich milk, half cream is best; four tablespoonfuls of sugar, whites of two eggs beaten still, one even tablespooni‘ul of cornstarch wet up with cold water, and any flavoring you prefer. Heat the milk to the scalding point, add the sugar, then the cornstarch, and when it thickâ€" ens bcat in the whites of the eggs. Take from the fire and set in a dish of boiling water to keep hot, not to cook more. any one thing that is essential to PROPER WAY TO AIR BEDS. The directions for airing beds givâ€" en in a domestic training school are worth noting. Place two chairs with seats together near an open window. Fold the counterpanc neatâ€" ly the long way, and lay over the tops of the chairs, allowing the middle to sag down to the seats. Fold the blankets next and place over the counterpanc, allowing a space between each for the circula- tion of air. Proceed in the same way with the rest of the bed clothâ€" ing. Beat up the pillows and place them where they will get the air. NEW .WAY TO DO TIME. Dr. Lillinksjolvd, of Butte, Mon- tana, is credited with having adapt- ed hypnotism to a novel purpose. The doctor, having been placed un- der arrest, tried, fined, and sent- enccd to jail for twenty days for some small infraction of the law, deliberately hypnotized himself, sayâ€" ing he would awaken from his trance at the osmiration of‘twenty days. All efi‘orts to awaken him were un- successful till the end of that per- io‘d. As a means of “doing” time, or of whililng away long intervals, Dr. Lillinksfold's plan is probably unique. A UNIQUE PET. The wife of the Governor of North Borneo has a. pet that few people will envy her. The Governor's house is near a jungle, and out of this there strayed one morning a baby rhinoceros. Captured as a curiosity he soon became tame, and now re- fuses to return to the wilds. Sixteen quarts of milk a day is what this pet requires, and on it he thrives and grows fat. He does not look much like the fullâ€"grOWn rhinoceros, and might be mistaken for a. curious sort of hog, were it not for his single horn. He is devoted to his mistress and follows her about like her dog. ___._._.'+'._.___.__ MAGNETS AS WEIGHT-LIFTERS Now being Used in a Number 1015 ' Steel Works. The availability of magnets as lift- ing devices has been known, experi- mentally and practically, for many years. Some of the oldest treatises on electricity and magnetism give the lifting power of magnets as that weight which the armature of the ~magnet will sustain without falling off; but it is a far cry from lifting a. tack by means of magnetism to the lifting of massive iron and steel plates weighing four, six,’ and twelve tons by this same force, which is now done every Workday in a num- ber of large steel works. Electro-magnetism, of courSe, is utilized, the form of the magnet be‘ ing usually rectangular for this work and presenting a flat surfaceto the plates lifted. The magnets are susâ€" pended by chains from cranes, and pick up the plates by simple contact and without the loss of time consc- quent to the adjustment of chain and hooks in the older method. It is also found that the metal plates can be lifted by magnets while still so hot that it would be impossible for the men to handle them. The ratio of weight of these magnets to the weight lifted varies with the maâ€" chine; in some cases this ratio is 30. Thus, a. magnet weighing 300 pounds will lift 4.5 tons. The mag- net is operated by current from a dynamo, controlled by switches and rheostats, and one of the capacity mentioned requires about four am< pores at 250 volts, or 1.34 horse- power. These magnets also have the advantage for this class of work that a number of them can be ap- plied jointly to lift a heavier weight than one machine could lift singly. ._.___+_.____ Old Greybeai'dâ€"“It’s a pity to keep such a pretty bird in a cage." Mrs. De Styleâ€"“Isn't it a shame? How perfectly exquisitely lovely it would look in a hat!” BUIL A FLllNG MAGHINE DR. ALEXANDER ‘ GRAHAM BELL INVENTS A KITE. Formed. of a Multiplicity of Silk- en Wings, Making an Artifici- al Bird. Dr. Alexander Graham Bell. inven- tor of the telephone, has built a flying machine that will really fly. It is a structure composed of what might be termed a multiplicity of silken wings, upholding a sort of boat. But" perhaps the strangest thing about it is that the boat will fly by itself, so great is its buoyâ€" ancy, when the supporting part of the apparatus has been taken away. The machine is, in effect, an arti- ficial bird, constructed on. the kite principle, but in accordance with an entirely new idea. It is a multiple kite, composed of a great number of triangular boxes of silk, held in Shape by sticks. If it were not so hard 8. word. it would be better to call the boxes “tetrahedrons,” inaa~ much as each of them has four triâ€" angular sides. Put four triangles together to make a box, and you will see the idea. Then fasten a lot of such skeleton boxes together, cor- ner to corner, and you will get a. notion of Dr. Bell's arrangement. One Side of each skeleton box is open to the air; the other sides are of silk, and in shape and position suggest the triangular wings of a bird in the act of flying. Thus the whole machine, being made up of such boxes, is like a birdâ€"or, more accurately speaking, like a flock of birds whose flight is directed by a single impulse. The so~called “sup- porting part" of the apparatus is a great “acrplane” composed of these boxes, and the boat suspended beâ€" neath iS'Of similar construction, so that, as already stated, IT WILL FLOAT BY I’I‘SELF. “I have had the feeling,” says Dr. Bell, in describing» his invention, “that a. properly-constructed flying machine should be capable of being flown as a kite; and, conversely, that a properly-constructed kite should be capable of use as a. flying machine, when driven by its own propellers. Given a kite so shaped as to be suitable for the body of a flying machine, and so efficient that it will fly Well in a good breeze when loaded with a weight equivaâ€" lent to that of a man and engineâ€" then, it seems to me that this same kite, provided with an actual enâ€" gine and man in place of the load, and driven by its.own propellers, should be sustained in calm air as a flying machine. So far as the pressure of the air is concerned, it is surely immaterial whether the air moves against the kite or the kite against the air.“ To illustrate this point, Dr. Bell flew his flying machine in a dead calm by attaching the cord (a. strong manila rope) to a galloping horse. The horse furnished to the apparatus a power of propulsion equivalent to that which an engine might have given, and it rose and soared beautifully. It was an appli< cation of the same principle as that employed by the small boy, who, when the breeze is too light to raise his kite, runs with it along the ground. On one occasion an attempt, which came ,near to having a disastrous ending, was made to fly the machine in a good sailing breeze, when a. squall came up and struck it, liftâ€" ing into the air the two men who held it. Of course, they let go in- stantly, and the gigantic “bird of silk and sticks, carrying the boat I)oncath it as an eagle bears its prey in its talons, rose steadily in the air until the rope snapped under the strain. - TRESMENDOUS OSCILLATIONS. of a pitching character ensued, but the kite was at such an elevation when. the accident happened that the oscillations had time to die down before it reached the ground, when it landed safely upon an oven keel in an adjoining field." Dr. Boll states that the applicabil: ity of kite experiments to the flyâ€" ing-machinp problem has been for a long time 'past the guiding thought in his researches. He says: “I have not cared to ascertain how high a kite might be flown. The point I have had specially in mind is that the equilibrium of the structure in the air should be per- fect; that the kite should fly stead~ ily, and not move from side to side or dive suddenly when struck by a. squall; and that, when released, it should drop slowly and gently to the ground. I believe that in the form of Structure now attained the pro- perties of strength, lightness .and steady flight have been united in a remarkable degree.” Dr. Bell’s experiments were made during recent summers on his estate in Nova Spotia, and the kites em- ployed assumc‘d hundreds of different forms, though all of the recent ones have been composed of the “tetraâ€" hedra ” skeleton described. Such a box being recognized as the struc-.- tural unit, as many as might be desired could be put together in all sorts of shapes. Up to date, how- ever, the iorm that has proved most satisfactory is the aeroplane upholdâ€" ing a boat. “ "‘In Asia," says Dr. Bell, “kite- flying has been for centuries an amusement of adults. and the Chinâ€" ese, Japanese and Malays have deâ€" veloped taillcss kites very much su- perior to any form of kite shown to us until quite recently. It is only within the last few years that imâ€" provements in kite structure have been seriously considered, and recent developments of the art have been largely due to the efforts of one manâ€"Mr. Laurence Hargravo of Auâ€" stralia. Hargrave realized that the structure best adapted for a kite would also be suitable as a basis for the construction of a flying ma.- chine." THE SIMPLEST FORM of Hargrave kite, which has al- ready become familiar to most Am- erican boys, consists of two rect- angular boxes of muslin, with a wide space between, hcld rigid by sticks. Dr. Bell’s first discovery was that a marked improvement could be effected by making the boxes tri- angular. Inside bracing was there- by rendered unnecessary, and the kite was stronger and lighter, while offering less head resistance to the wind. The next step was to change the triangular "cell" into a tetraâ€" hedronâ€"a. box formed of four triâ€" angles. A pyramid with a triangle for its base will represent the shape. The skeleton tetrahedron made of sticks is braced in three directions like a solid and is therefore very strong. “It is astonishing," says Dr. Bell, “how substantial such a framewark appears, even when com; posed of very light and fragile maâ€" terial.” Hence it is that the new contriv- ance devised by the inventor of the telephone surpasses all previous ef- forts of human ingenuity in this line by reason of its extraordinary light- ness in proportion to its size and strength. It is the nearest ap- proach'thus far. made to aerial locoâ€" motion on the soaring principle (the advocates of which discard balloons as hopeless for practical purposes), and the public will await with in- terest the result of Dr. Bell's first attempt to run his apparatus with an engine and man on board. He has at last secured, as he believes, a. perfect kite, and the next step is to convert it to practical use as flying machine. ’ +____ GIRL TOIL IN MINES. â€"â€" Belgium Unable to Find Remedy for Its Slavery. Notwithstanding all the criticisms and ameliorativo suggestions that prevail on social reform among the laboring class-cs, and the dreams of the modern sociologists 'of both hemispheres, the problem of how Belgium can supply decent employ~ ineut to its southern girls remains still to be solved. The kingdom is only one-fourth the size of Pennsyl- vania, and yet within its boundaries more than 6,000,000 persons are battling for their daily bread. Undoubtedly the American girls pity their Belgian sisters and con- demn the act of employing the weakâ€" er sex upon dangerous and strenuâ€" ous labor in subterranean galleries, just as the Belgian servant girls and farmers’ daughters have pitied them for many years; nevertheless, the girls at work in the mines make light of their syznpathizers and seem more than satisfied with their miso arable lot. None of them would voluntarily exchange it for the pos- ition of a servant girl. Complaints seldom arise from their lips, no mat- ter what grave dangerthe day's share of work may involve or to what wretched condition of ser’vi- tuide they may be doomed. The mines wherein so many young girls are spending the best days of their youth are indisputably the deepest in the whole world, some reaching a depth of 4,200 feet, and their interior is insufficiently ventil- ated; the air is impure, the heat inâ€" tense and highly explosive from the numberless crevices, capable of transforming lmuin‘dreds of toiling bodies into lifeless masses in an unâ€" expectcd moment. Numerous inâ€" s-t-ances of such dis-asters are on rec: o'rd. - The clothes worn by the unfortuâ€" n‘ato girls during working time are maids of blue linen of the lightest weight, and consist of large pam'ta- icons, the end of those bifurcate gar- ments being tied around Jcrhe legs just above the shoes; also a jacket wherein the body can freely exercise its muscular strength. The hair is skilfully enveloped in a handker- chief, thus protecting the head from coal dust as well as if it had never approached a coal mine. The whole outfit costs about 70 cents, and is changed twice a week. In full dress the girl of the Belgian mine resemâ€" bles a bicyclist of her sex arrayed in bloomers. For twelve hours’ work a day in the mines the Belgian girl earns 50 cents . â€"â€"â€"â€"+ LEARNED BY SCIENCE. Research in the chemical laboraâ€" tory of the University of Pennsyl- vania. shows clearly that whisky and other alcoholics increase the bac- teria destTOying power of the"blood. The Duke of Abruzzi has prepared suits, for use in the next polar ex- cursion, which are heated by elecâ€" tricity through a network of ashes- tos covered copper wire in their lin- in-gs. suppose one should hold a crystal of radium in his hand with his face turned to the east. Suppose that one of the electrons were a lcaden bullet circling the earth to its startâ€" ing point. He would be slmot in the back from the westward five times before he could fall to the ground, so rapid is the movement of the electrons. Aqua.” ,. ~ . . .V THEWURLD’tlilGGESTllhlI ‘ HE IS A RUSSIAN AND IS 105 INCHES HIGH. â€"_ Fedor Machnoi’c‘ Is aMere Boyâ€"In Two Years Mochty Grew Two Feet. I have just shaken hands with the biggest man in the world. I wear No. 5, and the glo‘ves built for him are 13 inches long, measured from the wrist to the point of the middle finger. His name is Fed-or Mach- nofi‘, and the Kaiser’s giant body- gu‘aizds that he took to Home with him for show look like 30 cents in Comparison, writes a Paris corresv ponden't. We met on the Moscow-Berlin-Par- is express, and Fedor, who is a. mere boy, asked a thousand and one ques- tions about otlhcr enormous fellows I knowâ€"“Fugleman” Balling, the Bavarian; the Belgian “Colossus”- C‘an‘onâ€"Bcrg; Baron von Plush-ow, who won the love of an imperial blotide; Anton Mochty, who in two years gained two feet in height and ll]. pounds in weight, and all the rest of the big tribe. Only when .I satisfied his own curiosity would be~tell about himself. ‘ Fed‘or is not pretty, but his face. though roughly hewn, is sympathe~ tic railher than otherwise. He was born of Russian parents in Wittobsk 22 years ago, and is still growing. His exact height to-‘day is 105% inches, equal to 8 feet 9:} inches. Enormoius feet. .Onc sometimes reâ€" fers to people with very large feet jocosely as number “12’s.” Imagine;- if you can, an 18-inch long boot fo-r4 Fedovr's dress parade; when he wants to be comfortable he takes No. 20.! At the same time he has No. 18.. and small wonder, for up to a. mo and small number, for up to a month ago, when a traveling montebank discovered him, he never wore boots â€" they were too exipcn~ srve. Fedor showed me photographs of his parents, taken a week ago. Most a ordinary people of the Russian peasâ€" ant type, the father 5 feet 6, the mother 5 feet 3 high, accondi'n'g to official measurements. The boy’s three brothers and seven sisters are likewise of average size only. WAKE UP TO BE A GIANT. “Are there any verified data re- specting the boy's growth?" I asked the manager. - . The village gcnda-rm. , who looks after promising recruits, dividing them into classes under the heads of horse. foot and artillery, had i‘urâ€" nished the desired infomnaticzn. According to this authority, Feâ€" d'ore woke up one day to find him- self a giant. It was on his seventh birthday. After lyirng as one dead for 36 l'au-rs in deep sleep, he aston- ished his parents and neighbors when he arose from the stove and walked out into the open. The boy just enough for school was taller than his father by two inches. Wlhem 10 years old Fodlor was talâ€" ler than the tallest mean in the C'zar’s bodyguard; two years later he reached the two metres mark (6 feet 7), and at 14. he gave the lie to the encyclopaedias, maintaining- b‘h'at no man ever grew taller than 6 feet 10. Fedor then measured 6 feet 11 in his bare feet. “Did you suffer much from grow- ing pains?" asked your correspond- out. “No,” answered Fedor, "for when I felt them conning I tried to go to sleep, and usually succeeded, dozing from 2.4 to 80 hours at a time with- out food or drink. When after: war’d I crawled down from the stove I was always 2 or 3 inches higher than before." Fedor occupied a special carriage in the train. The receptacle for hand baggage, usually placed over the passenger's heald, h-agd'to be re moved, and iron pillars propped up the sofa assigtncxl to him. Occupy‘ ing two seats himself and mtonopo- lizing those opposite by his legs and knees, he had to buy four tickets. Fedor defies medical and s‘cienltific investigation in more respects than stated. His head is not abnormally small, neither are his shoulders nar~ row, or his hips very high. Again the bones seem to be of the aver-age tojughmess and he is quite muscular. The fact that his growth began so early in life is also in strict oppos- ition to what the text-books claim, namely, that an intending giant be~ gi‘ns to stretch after his tenth year only . _...___+_.____. BELATED CONG RATULATION. Returned Touristâ€".â€"“And so, during my long stay abroad, Miss Pinkie got marriedâ€"six months ago, too. I must call to off-er my congratula- tions. What is her name now?" Hostessâ€"“Mrs. Blinks. She lives next door." Enter Servantâ€"“Please, mum, Mrs. Blinks wants to know the address of some good locksmith.“ ‘ IIostess~"With pleasure. What is the matter?" . Servantâ€"“When Mr. Blinks left the house this morning, he slammed the door so hard that it broke the latch." ____ :. 'EVERYBO‘DY’S DOCTOR. Automatic machines, toe be called "Everybody’s Doctor,” arc to bI planed in the boulevarlds anid prim I cipal thoroughfares of Brussels. 13 pushing a penny in the slot one wi be able to obtain a remedy am! also the prescriptidn for such all- ments as sick headache, cold, 7am: huge, and tenth-ache- i l. E l E