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~ .r~..«-..r"-.'\-cx\, r 3? I 7‘ . . ' our / liarly new About the ‘ .....House SOIL FOR HOUSE PLANTS. If the soil is in proper condition many thiogs are possible with cer- tain tender plants, especially poor or inriifi‘erent soil, writes Mr. John C. Chamberlain. In my garden I have shade. conditions to overcome and for. a time could not make a success of anything except spring bulbs, which blossomed ahead of the shade of the trees. Lately I have filled the soil full of half-rotted maâ€" nure in the fall or spring and put it on the surface in summer. It will not do to feed too heavily or to use fresh manure where smallâ€"seeded an- nuals are to be raised, as they do not like the. ammonia that is liberâ€" ated so freely by it: It is useless to plant flowers withâ€" out using considerablefertilizer of some kind and stable- manure is of . the best, as it keeps the soil in good texture. A wellâ€"nurtured plant will winter almost without special care, but in poor soil less hardy perenni- als disappear over winter. Such feeders as roses and dahlias will grow in poor 'soil, but seldom repay the trouble, besides roses, or any plants having insect enemies. are much. less subject to their ravages wxen in vig- orous condition. The best method of fighting insects is with the water hose. Set it strong and fire everyâ€" thing living off' when too small to return. A big syringe will answer where Water pressure is not to be had. Does anybody have trouble with pot plants? Plant raisers seldom awake to the fact that when a plant is doing poorly it is becazse the soil needs changing. This is easily prov- ed by taking the plant out of the pot when it will usually be found that there is a lot of soil with no roots, in which case the soil is very often sour. When a plant stands still, ev- en for rest, after vigorous flowering, flow-‘ ers, that are out of the question with .H-ELP on v.... c.... AN INTERESTING ofiA'r WITH REV. R. HATCHETT. 1â€"â€" He Asserts People Should Speak' Plainly When Their Words Will Benefit Others. From the Reecrder, Brockville, Ont. the spots, Rev. B. Hackett, general agent of the African Methodist Church in Canada, spent several days in Brockâ€" ville recently in the interest of the church work: Talking with a reportâ€" summer desserts. er he said he always liked to visit Brockville, because he found so many of its citizens in ‘hearty' Symâ€" pathy With the church work he ‘reâ€" presents. Hatchett, 1 have what may be call- ed a sentimental reason for liking Brockv’ilie. It is the home of a medicine that has done me much good and has done much good to other members of my family. I reâ€" fer to Dr. William's” Pink Pills.” "Would you mind,” asked the re- porter, "giving your 1experience With Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills ‘2” “Not at all,” said Mr. Hatchett, "I always Say a good word for this medicine whenever the opportunity offers. I know some people object to speaking in public about medicines they use, but I think this is a narrow view to take. When one finds something really good and really helpful in re- lieving human ills, it seems to me it is a 'duty we owe other sufferers ,to 'put them .in way of obtaining new health. You can say from me ther for that I think Dr, Williams’ Pink Pills a very superior medicine â€"â€"I know of no other so g00d. ‘My work, as you may judge, is by no means light, 1 have to travel a. great deal in the interest of our church work, and it. is no wonder that often I find myself much run down, and afilictcd almost with a general pr'osvtration. It is on occaâ€" sions of this kind that I resort to Dr. Williams’ l‘ink Pills, and I can say in all, sincerity that they have never failed me. The pills have also been used in my family, and among my friends, ‘and the results have always been satisfactory. You may just say from me that I think those who are afllicied with any of the ills for which this medicine is them ‘5 always danger 0f 105mg the l recommended will make no mistake small roots and few plants will start them over again. far better keep the pots root bound, especially as so many plants will blossom best in that condition. I have kept cer- tain plants several years without reâ€" potting by applying surface fertilizâ€" er, .but this could only be done where the pot is rather small for the plant. G OOD RECIPES. An Emergency Discovery.â€" When Irish potatoes are not at hand and bread making is, boil two table- spoons of rice in a quart of water until the grains are soft. Use this, water and all, instead of potatoes. The bread will be every bit as nice and some prefer it to potatoes. This was an emergency discovery one bread day when no potatoes were available. Cocoa Fudgeâ€"One-fourth cup milk, 5throw away. 1%; tablespoons butter, salt, I teaspoon vanilla. butter With milk in a Add sugar, cocoa cook and stir until the pinch of Melt the saucepan. salt, sure vanilla. Beat very .gently and the instant it begins to thicken pour inâ€" to buttered dishes. When hard cut in squares. Have a care not to beat it too much. Mince k eatâ€"Take' a beef tongue weighing 22,» lbs. and boil briskly 1-5 hours. Prepare 2 lb. beef suet, 4g. lbs. chopped apples, 2 lbs. seed- ed 1‘aisius, 2 lbs. currants, 1-;- lbs. Citron, shredded, 1 glass quince jel- ly, 1 ptgcooking molasses, 2 qts. sweet cider, the juice and grated rind of 2 oranges, the juice and grated rind of 2 lemons, 1 oz. cinnamon, 1}- oz. nutmeg, 1;» oz. cloves, oz. mace l and I or mixâ€" combined into a sort of paste, strings (about eight minutes.) lan excellent filling for the dates. The Set ina pan of cold water, and addibest thing about I l I use its Wane . in ftearly Every items in giving Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills a trial.” ' The Rev. Mr. Ilatchett’s home is in Hamilton, Ont., whereho is known to most of the citizens and greatly esteemed by those who know him. and 1 If). sugar. Chop the beef and suet fine, removing all strings shreds. Mix all ingredients and let stand 24» hours before using. A Wholesome Sweetâ€"Remove the stones from good, clean, fresh dates, and fill the cavity with shelled. fresh, brittle peanuts. Roll the dates pulverized or confectioners’ sugar and pack in prettin decorated candy boxâ€" esâ€"sonie of which you may have savâ€" ed through. the year as being too pretty and dainty to destroy or some little child’s heart at the holiâ€" day time! Any kind of nut meats may be used in place of the peanuts, chopped raisins and nut meats make these goodies, is that they are fresh, pure and wholeâ€" some. Pretzelsâ€"Put large tablespoon yeast into «3- pt. warm milk. Stir in :14}. NS. flour and beat Well. In anâ€" other dish put lb. butter and beat it to a cream; add~2 ozs. sifted white sugar, 3 well beaten another tablespoon yeast and a little salt. Into this put the dough and beat unâ€" til well blended and perfectly smooth. Cut off pieces the size of an agg and roll them into round bars six to eight inches long and tapering at the Place them on buttered tins, half circles, ends. curving them in new Because of its Extraordinary Curative Powers There :White- 5 s a . U aprecedented Demand for f" in“. classes film" linseed and “fairnentine Being composed" of the simple, yet potent elements which Nature seems to have intended as a cure for throat and lung troubles, Dr. Chase’s Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine has won the confidence of thinking people. On account of its simple composiâ€" tion and pleasant taste it is pecu- suited to the needs of child- hood. Because of its extraordinary con- trol over diseases of the throat, brOncliial tubes and lungs it can be absolutely relied upon. Nothing short of unusual merit could place Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine in so many thousands of homes as the one medi- cine to be relied upon in case of emergency. Croup, bronchitis, whooping cough, throat irritation, coughs, colds, as- thma and pneumonia are quickly re- lieved and cured by this treatment. Consumption and other dreadful lung troubles are prevented. Mr. D. Graham, 4-5 Calendar Street, Toronto, states:â€" "My boy, A. W. aged six years, was developing i] l the symptoms of pneumonia when we commenced giving him this valuable remedy. It very quickly checked the advance of the disease and in a few days he was as well as ever and at school again.” Mrs. A. A. Vanbuskirk, Robinson Street, Moneton, N. 13., writes:â€" “For years I have used Dr. Chase’s Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine for my children when they have colds in the winter. I first used it with my daughter who suffered from a severe form of asthma. The least exposure to cold would lay her up and she would nearly suffocate for want of breath. I must say I found it to be a most satisfactory treatment and it has entirely cured her. It seemed to go direct to the diseased parts and bring the desired relief.” _ Dr. Chase’s Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine 25 cents a bottle, family size (three times as much) 60 cents, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & 00., Toronto. To protect you against imitations, the portrait and signature of Dr. Chase, the famous receipt all book author, are on every bottle. Iâ€"Iow handy these will 1:} ounceslcome in now, to fill and bestow on powdered sugar, 9 teaspoons cocoa, 21.1 “And besides, said - Mr. I l l l l 1: moons,:o'r any odd shapes, leaving a ' little space between. Set them to rise whereihe heat is even, not too warm; when light brush over with beaten egg, dust with sugar and bakes. light brown. HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPEHS. When papering where the plaster is broken or gone, paste oil cloth over This gives a smooth sur- face on which to hang the wall p.21- er. p The winter ices and ice creams may be much richer than those made for One that is sim- ple, rich and nourishing is frozen whipped cream. Flavor. sweeten and whip pure cream. Remove the pad- dles from the freezer, pack in ice and salt in the freezer, and let stand four hours. It is not to be stirred. Iceâ€"cream freezers that freeze too rapidly are not desirable. It takes from twenty to forty minutes to produce a smooth, evenly frozen ice cream, and the ripening process should be allowed for. Winter beets are an appetizing dish when boiled till tender and served with a white sauce. They require long cooking. I The reason why fried oysters and other shell fish are in the frying pan by preference are so often indiges- tible is, we are told,.because of the action of the cooked butter on them,. which is bad for indigestion. Olive oil is much preferable. What to eat gives a rule for deter- mining the purity of coffee. When purchasing, gather a. little in the palm of the hand and press firmly. If it sticks together in a ball or lump it is adulterated. Pure coffee falls apart when the hand is opened. DON'TS IN DRESS. Don't sacrifice fitness to fashion. ‘Don't spoil the gown for a yard of stuff. , Don't sacrifice neatncss to artistic effect. Don't neglect quality for the sake of quantity. . Don’t dress more fashionable than becomiligly. JJOll’t imagine beauty 'iVlll. .CltOllB : jussian faces look at n10 1110113 5101. untidiness. Don't dress to startle people’s eyes, but to satisfy them. ‘ Don't look a frump because cannot look especially smart. Don't dress your head at the 1 exâ€" pense of your hands and feet. Don't buy foolishly and then blame your limited income for your shoddy appearance. Don't wear vertically striped ma- terial if you are tall. Don‘t expect great bargains to turn you and Ol't great savings. Don’t wear big sleeves and big hats if you are short. - Don't jump into your clothes and ex cat to look dressed. Don’t put cost before cut. Corded in silk won’t cover avpoor fit. Don't forget that dress was made for woman, not woman for dress. Don’t put all your allowance out- side. A shabby potticoat kills the smartest gown . .‘K ___..__...._ ‘ C- 5317!; ITS . The Men Who Do the Vierl: it no Holiday Pastime. Find On Western ranches men brand catâ€" tle, in Lngland men brand swans. A writer tells of the queer ceremony of marking the young swans or cygnets on the "hames. Above Richmond the swans are one of the attractions of the river. Some belong to the crown, and the rest to two of the ancient river companies. To distinguish the swans the young ones are marked every year before they lose their identity by separating from their parents, which .are already marked. The Thames swans are vicious and powerful birds, and people who have felt their beaks do not trouble them a second time. So the swanâ€"inarl-zers have a lively Itask. They wear white flannels, and can be told apart by their different colâ€" orezl jerseys. Those of the king's men are scarlet, those of the Dyers' Company navy blue, and those of the Vintners’ Company blue and The markers embark in half 'a dozen skills, at the stern of which flies either the king’s flagâ€"a white Ifield with a crown and the royal cipher, “E. R?"â€"-or one of the ban- nerets of the two companies. The party sets out from Molesey lack, and after that thin-gs are active enough, for the operation of marking swans, even young swans, is no holiday pastime. The birds fight like furies. They are surprisingly strong, too, and every once in a while one of the markers has an arm or leg broken by a vicious blow from a cygnet’s Wing. The birds are caught by means of a. hook on the end of a long pole, and they are branded on that beakâ€"â€" either with the royal monogram or that of one of the companies. Usuâ€" ally the man who does the branding deprives the swan marked by him of one or its feathers, which he sticks in his Cap as a trophy. + "What do you mean, sir,’ roared the irate father, “by bringing your portmanteau to my house and order- ing a. room?” “I'm adopted as one of the family, cooly answered the young man. “Your daughter said she would be a sister to me." “0......â€" Her-sic measures are often misfits. l -â€"p- I n ,ling' city where hardly a soul I idly. ’ol’ Grapeâ€"Nuts and cream will UF _ S QUALID IMITATION OF ST. PETERSBURG. A Russian City, With, Its Gailyâ€" Dressed People, Seems Out of the World. Sitting in front of the Cafe Turc, on the main street of Vladivostock, Which is called “The World’s Street,” and watching the current of strange humanity which goes dashing by, one has a distinct feeling that he is on the outermost limit of Asia, not onâ€" ly geographically, but in a social and fashionable sense. A few squares 'away there is a railway sta- tion, where one can take the train to Parisâ€"a pleasant thought and an impressive one, too, for the truth has at last come about that the Okhotsk sea and Kamchatka and other reâ€" gions hitherto unbelieved in save by a few credulous schoolboys are actuâ€" ally within reach by rail of the Champs Elysees, writes a correspon- dent. But there are ten thousand miles of travel between them, and many weary days (sixteen of them) must be passed in Siberia, with its eternâ€" ally flat and monotonous plains, be- fore Moscow burst upon one with the force of great contrast. From Moscow to the cities of Europe is a mere step, and thus it happens that there is a trace of .the boulevards of Berlin and Vienna. and Paris in the bonnets and gowns and coats upon this remote Asiatic highway. "The World's Street”â€"â€"ia street which runs close to and parallel with‘the shores of the Sea of Japan. You surely cannot get much further from Europe than this, but just as surely you canâ€" not get away from Europe on this street. STOLID RUSSIAN FACES. It is exasperatlng nowâ€"aâ€"days to find yourself in a modern and bustl- can speak a word of English or French or lerman or Japanese. One after another I tried these languages with the coachmen and the policemen of Vladivostock, only to see the stolid Meanwhile-the sun was shining, the droskies were tearing by, - the army officers in them were saluting, tie tall horses were speaking to each other, the belted coachmen, with scarlet sleeves and women’s dresses on them, were making remarks with the cracks of their whipsâ€"everyone was exchanging thoughts or words, while, I, in the mic st of this busy scene and in the mid-day sub, was benightedâ€"shut in from all the life about me as if by a high wall. It was a disagreeable and uncanny situâ€" ation, and one from which no yelâ€" lowâ€"bearded coachman was concerned to relieve. me. The proprietor of the Cafe Turc Observed my helplessness, and spoke to me in French. Had I been a lit: tle holder, and addressed some of the tall military men, they, too, would iave answvred me in French. Later an acquaintance with them and a bold attack on the Russian language of the streets made me able to get an inkling of what the people about me were thinking of. But this grow- mg intelligence on my part did not extend to the Chinese and Coreans who infest the water front of Vladi- vostok, or to the queer Siberlans from Saahalienâ€"ex-convicts thrown on the mercies of the town. All these ragged and unkempt SWarms remained riddles to me (very dirty riddles, too), so far as my powers of communicating with them were concerned. _, DIRT EVERYWHERE. Subtracting the Chinese and Corean elements from the streets of Vladâ€" ivostok, and also the large number “WWW GIVES “GO.” Food That Carries One Along. It’s nice to know of food that not only tastes delicious but that puts the snap and go into one and sup- plies staying power for the day. A woman says: "I have taken enough medicine in my time to furâ€" nish a drug store, but in later and wiser years I have taken none, but have depended, for the health I now enjoy, on suitable and sustaining food of which I keep on hand a test- ed variety, plain but nourishing. “Of these my main dependence is Grape-Nuts, especially if I have be- fore me a day of unusual effort eiâ€" ther mental or physical. In his case I fortify myself the first thing in .the morning with about 4- tea- spoonfuls of Grape-Nuts moistened with cream and not much else for breakfast and the amount of work I can then carry through successfulâ€" ly without fatigue or exhaustion is a wonder to those about me and evâ€" en to myself. "Grapc~l‘lut food is certainly a wonderful strengthener, and is not a stimulant for there is no reaction afterwards ,but it is sustaining and strengthening as I have proved by long experience.” Name given by Postum (30., Battle Creek, Mich. There’s a reason four teaspoonfuls add more strength and carry one further than a plateful of coarse, heavy food that is nearly all waste. Grape- Nuts food is condensed,_preâ€"digested and delicious. .It contains the parts of the Wheat and Barley grains that supply the rebuilding parts for Brain and Nerve Centres. Look in eelch package for a ("any of the famous little book, "'ihe Road to Wellvillc." Ian AN OPEL IETTER TO nominees, “I cannot praise Baby’s. OWn Tab lets too highly,” writes Mrs. Jame: S. Beach, Campbell’s Bay, Que. “From the time my baby was born, he was troubled with pains in the stomach and bowels and a. rash on his skih which made him restless day and night. I gotnothing to help him until I gave him Baby's Own Tablets, and under their use the trouble soon disappeared, and all my friends are new praising my baby he looks so healthy and well. I give him an occasional Tablet, and they keep him well. I can heartily recommend the Tablets to any moth- er who has a young baby." Thousands of other mothers praise this medicine just as warmly, and keep it on hand in case of emer. gency. The Tablets cure all the minor ills of little ones, they act gently and speedily, and are abso- lutely safe. Sold by all dru-ggist's or sent post paid at 25 cents a box by writing The Dr. Williams’ Medi~ cine Co., Brockville. Ont. - "emuâ€"fl of those white men I speak of with a look of the “submerged tenth" about them, the tOWn remains in ap~ pearance a Squalid imitation of St. Petersburg. There- is dirt everywhere and upon every one, too, except the army and navy officers in their uni- forms, and the Russian ladies. A close scrutiny of the latter’s sisters in the lower classes reveals an in- difference to untidiness which is ra- ther appalling. As for the, men' one meets on the streets, they appear to enjoy dirt. the ischvostchiks are caked with dirt; their large and‘furious yellow boards are full of it. Their tall horses are rusty with it; their ve- hicles have never been Washed of it. Yet there is some. excuse for all this, for Vladovostok during half the year, or when it is not frozen up, is a lake, a Venice of mud. The Russians are too careless and too anxious to spend money on more showy things than street ptvemeuts. 'such as buildings, dockyal‘ds, tall horses, furs and uniforms, to pay any attention to the cleanliness o: the city. Their footgear deserves a chaptei by itself. Tall boots are generally worn, and they use a variety of lea- [ther overshoes, some of them reach ing half way up the calf, for wading across the streets. The big Russian military men have in reality slender pun- To prove to you that m E: @ Chico's Ointment is a certain and absolute cure for each * and every form of itching, bleerlingand protruding piles the manufacturers have guaranteed it. b‘oe tee timonials in the daily press and ask your neig here what they think. orit. get your money back: if not cured. 600 a box, at all dealers or EDMANE oxlurzs 8:. Co.,’i‘orcntq Ear. @hase’e @intmen m «.4 __- and well shaped feet, but no one would guess it in Vladivostok. Tlu only exception to the universal un- concern as to the size and ungainli- ness in foorgear is the Russian lady who takes a pretty pleasure in pick- ing her .way through this muddiest of towns with her feet clad in Parisiar slippers. ' ” GAYâ€"LO OKING PEOPLE. The colors that dot the street see like a. remonstrance to the general monochrome of mud which threatens to absorb their brilliancy. There is no brighter scarlet than the shirt- wa-ists to the coaclnnen, or brighter mangentas and pinks than the wo- men of the poorer‘classes wear. The white .dresses of the nurses, trimmed with gay embroideries, are as as butterflies. The streets are at all times dotted with the uniforms of the army and navy, including the picturesque costumes which belong to the Cossack cavalry and the Siberian troops. There is quick movement in the streets, which adds to the gay- ety. The. army oilicm's are generally driving, and always driving fast. Their lives are said to be of a likz pace, and the familiar tales of ex. itravagance, official corruption, debl and dissipation which are whisperec in every Russian city are heard it this remote spot of the. realm. Tht officers look just as they do on tlu Nevsky Prospect of St. Petersburg. There is a line carelessness in tlu manner of Russians of distinction both men and women, and here it i: on “3110. World's Street.” One won- ders if it has its root in some Sla- vonic strain of melancholy or some Asiatic trait of mind which feeds or the idea of the lack of importance of all human life. To the Russian tem- perament the idea of suicide is 1101 so abhorrent as to us, and it did not seem extraordinary in Vladivos- tok to hear every week or two '01 some army officer who had deliber- ately taken his own life, after having with equal deliberation enjoyed a career of gaming, dissipation and debt to the point of insolvency. +.___.__/ PROOF. “What makes you think he readyâ€"made clothes?” "Because he borrowed my overcoat two weeks ago and hasn’t returned it." wean ......_ DESCRIBED. “How would you describe a collegc boy?” 4 “I'd call him. a chap who mlghi be. a fine student if he had time be study." You can use it and I ‘ . o‘v‘m‘.‘