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'( ‘i W. i. g ." l, V‘e’cfiv‘râ€"K‘." - 3.6 "eng‘ve‘a‘c‘é '2» , s,“ V": 3 FY z~ irrWlthM‘MWfi'fi' '5- 1 Home-E DOMESTIC RECIPES . Devilled IIanl.-â€"Ta.ke lean, boiled ham, chop it very fihe, season with red and black pepper and a little mUStard; press solidly into a pan, 'Iveight, and leave over night. Slice ham when wanted. Nice. for lunch.- Spiced Salt.----'A spiced salt that Is an excellent seasoning for soups, stuffing and veal loaf, requires one quarter ounce each of thyme, hay leaf and pepper; one-eighth each of sweet mar-20mm and cayenn pepper, and a half ounce each of cloves and nutmeg. Grate the nut- meg, dry, powder and sift the other ingredients, mix thoroughly and add one ounc of salt to every four ounces of the mixture. Keep tightly bot- tled. An ounce will season three pounds of stufling. Gooseberry Sauceâ€"Five quarts of gooscberries, four pounds of sugar, a pint of vinegar and tw0 tablo- spOOn-iluls each of cloves, cinnamon and allspice. Put vinegar and spices together, let'come to a boil, put in P the fruit and cook one hour. Bot- sle and seal. Nice for meats. Fried Oysters.-â€"For one dozen and a half of oystersbeat two eggs and ‘season with salt and pepper and two tablospoonfuls of tomato catsup if the flavor of the tomato is desired. Drain the oysters and season with salt and pepper. Dip them in bread crumbs, then into the beaten eggs, and again in the bread crumbs. Have olive oil about four inches deep in the frying kettle, and when very hot place the oysters in the frying basr 'et (a single layer on the bottom) and plunge into the oil. Cook for one minute and a half and serve im- modlatcly. Pea Soupâ€"Ono pint split peas, 4.- onions, .2 heads of celery, 2 turnips, a handful of shaved cabbage, a} cup ground peanuts, salt, pepper and sage. Soak the peas over night in plenty of water. In the morning remove all the peas that swim on top, pour ‘off the water, wash through fresh water and put over the fire in salted water., simmer for two hours and a half, adding water as needed. 'At the 0nd of this time add the vegetables, pare'd and minc- ed, and the ground peanuts. Let cook 1.} or two hours longer, add the seasoning and serve with fried bread or toast. . ' Tomato Fingersâ€"Reduce by boiling one cupiul of stewed tomatoes to tire tablespoonfulsâ€"or buy the to- mato paste, put up in small tins. Cream two tablespoonfuls of butter, add the tomato paste. and three tab- lespoonfuls of crushed peanuts. Mix and spread on narrow strips of stale bread, sprinkle with the crush- ed nuts, and crisp in a hot oven. Fish Savoryâ€"Cream a teaspoonful of butter with the same quantity of flour, thin with a cupful of milk, to which a pea-sized lump, of baking soda has bee-n added; ‘cook until smooth, and then add half a cupiul of strained tomato juice, three drops of onion juice, and a. seasoning of salt and pepper. Stir in threeâ€" quarters of a pint of cold flaked 'fish, heat thoroughly, and serve on zwieback slightly -moistened with hot milk. . V For baked tomatoes, make a dress- ing of fine crumbled bread, .pepper, salt, and summer savory, marjoram, thyme, or a trifle of all three. Heat in the frying pan with a liberal amount of butter, about a tablespoon to three cups of dressing; If not sure of your seasonings, taste and make just right, a little on the highâ€". ly scaSOn-ed side. Now take the top of the tomatoes, just a litte lid, re- move the watery insides, and fill with the dressing. Replace the lids, and bake half an hour more or less, according to the heat off the oven. By having the dressing heated it is not the soggy mass usually found in this otherwise delicious dish. Corn Vinegarâ€"Take '10 gals fresh, clean rainwater and add to it 10 lbs. brown Sugar; next add 1 gal. hop yeast sponge, which has been “set” the same as for bread, and let get light. Out from the cobs 1 gal. green corn, put it into an open keg or jar with the water, yeast and su- gar: tie a piece of double cheesecloth overthc top and let stand in the sun or in a warm room for two or three weeks, when you will have the best of vinegar. Shaking or moving around does not injure this vinegar, and it is. best to pour off the clear liquid and remove the corn and other drch from the bottom of the vess‘el at the end of three weeks. If only a small amount of vinegar is wanted, it may be made as follows ': Out from the cobs 1 pint green corn; put into a jar 1 gal. clean rain water, add the corn. stir in 1 pint molasses or sugar and place in the sun or near the‘siove. .Vinegar made by either of these rules will be found quite as good as the best cider vinegar. HINTS FOR HOME LIFE. Never shake or rumple the table- cloth. Fold every time in the orig- inal creases. See that the plates and dishes are wiped underneath before they are placed on the table. . Pieces of bread should be substituâ€" ted for the ordinary slices at a din- ner or luncheon party. }§.the handles of table knives be- come discolored rub them with 'brickduet and vinegar. pg; their; 11 andles ounce 91‘s; , 0 sweet oil into the ear, and keep it ,‘Jhcn giVing a. dinner party ar- range: that every alternate course can be, at any rate, partially pre- pared beforehand. ~ To ,clean bronze ornaments take one drachm of sweet oil, one ounce GAN’T MARRETHE FRINGE LITTLE ROMANCE IN THE BOY-- AL CIRCLE. _.__4 of altohol and one ounce and a half Arthur of Counaught, Nephew of of water. 'Apply quickly with a soft sponge, but do not rub. Wet umbrellas should be put on to dry, This allows the water to run out of them, inâ€" to the King. the King, and Lady Marjorie manners. Lady Marjorie Manners has been It was useless. The stead‘ of into the part where the ribs prettiest girl in England loves Prince and the silk meet, thus causing the metal to rust and the silk to rot. The home bright and cheerful, a smilel and loving glance, a neat and tidy ‘table, and tempting supperâ€"- these1 are what every gu-idwife knows her husband likes to come home to in the evening, and is loath to leave. For} earache. bathe the ear in a strong decoction of camomilc flow~ then drop a few drops of warm therei with a, little cottonwool and a stripi of flannel warmed and tied round the head. Fon gooseberry jelly stow a couple of pints of gooseberries till tender, with jsugar to taste, and a few drops of lemon juice; pass it through I a. sievel and add an ounce of gelatxne dissolved in half a pint of water; colori with a little carmine and pour into la. mould. To i‘warm cold potatoes put a desâ€" sortâ€"spoonful of butter in a sauce- an and let it melt; then put in the cold potatoes, keep the lid on. and pl-ace‘ over the fire, frequently tossâ€" ing ith'e potatoes. When heated through put in a. vegetable dish and sprinkle with chopped parsley. ' Before using new china, glass, or lamp; chimneys, wrap each article loosely but entirely in a, cloth, place them in a kettle and cover with cold water. Bring to a 'boil; continue the heat; ten or fifteen minutes and then coo-l loll”. By this tempering they are toughened. _ Curtain rings can be made. to run easily by rubbing the pole with parâ€" rafl‘m' until thoroug hly smooth. To? keep flies out of the larder, sponge the windows daily with a weak solution of carbolic acid and Water. You will never be troubled witlnflies if you 'do this. Vases and ornaments, if soaked for a few minutes in water to which a little soap powder is added, will nee'dzvery little washing. People with weak lungs are re- commended by medical men to read aloud, as this strengthens throat, lungs and chest muscles alike. The read-log should be deliberate and the enu-nCiatdon distinct, the body being held§in an easy, unstrained, upright position, so that the chest will have free play. WATER AND TOBACCO. It_‘is undoubtedly true that the ma- jority of men smoke, and when we see how much contentment and pleasâ€" ure a man gets out of his cigar or pipe; and especially how it tranquil- l-izes him and promotes amiabil'ity, it will ‘seem a foolish wife who objects to thé habit and drinks her husband off down town because she will not permit him to indulge his favorite v-icegaft home. 'A good many girls who; never said a word about dislikâ€" ing Smoke before they were married develop an antipathy to it afterward and imake things unpleasant in- conâ€" sequence. Better not marry a smokâ€" er unless you can stand smoke, for the habit grows on a man, and there are precious few who will not cling to ‘lthc Indian weed" in spite of , all their wives can say or do. Moreover nagging only hardens a man and makes him more obstinate. It iisn’t very pleasant to have the room full of stale smoke, and it seems to linger in spite of open doors and ; windows. We want to tel-l you of a3 very effective way of getting rid of it. After an evening of smoke, remove all the cigar ends and ashes, then? place a large bowlâ€"washbowlâ€" full of water in the room. By mornâ€" ing the Water will have absorbed the smoke (if you don't believe it taste the water), and the air will be free from. impurities. This is a. good lesson to us not to drink water that has stood, in the house all night. ~__....._.._.+'_.._ ._ WOMEN IN WAR TIME. In Russia. and Japan They Are ‘ l Praying for Peace. l ' ‘ Terrible as the miseries of the batâ€" tleâ€"field and the hospital, they do not equal the heartâ€"sickening suspense which is the lot of women in time of war. The pain which must be borne in inaction is of itself paralyzing to the will? and to high resolve. A man overboard in midâ€"ocean, for example, sufl‘ors- a. fear beside which that of the battleâ€"field is a trifle. The brav- est of men, alone in the waves, will turn‘ coward, although he may have a life-buoy and practical certainty of rescue. But the heart which fainted at its own powerlessness before the great ' forces of nature moving reâ€" morselessly on may rise to splendid feats of bravery on the field of batâ€" tle. 3 To women war must be always like the iuntamablo seaâ€"a succession of billows, rising each above the other, andi each capable of engulfing the World-0f love and hope in its bitter depth. No woman’s hand can stay them.; No woman's voice can calm them. And so, on the stepper-1 of Busisia and in the villages of Japan to-day, women are praying, in strange tongues and with fantastic rites, but with a, world-old mingling of cowardice and com‘age, of love of country and hatred of war, that the angel of peace may again fold his wings over the earth. lsons” Arthur of Connaught, and the {King's nephew loves her, but they can't marryâ€"Edward VII. won't have it. Everybody in and near the court circle knows the Whole story. Every- body is sorry for Lady Marjorie and for Prince Arthur. too, for the poor boy is terribly smitten, and nobody can do anything. The King, usually so easyâ€"going, was in his most stubâ€" born 1nood.‘ He gave poor Lady Marjorie to understand that there were three excellent reasons why Prince Arthur could not be pemnilttod to marry her. Then Edward beâ€" came impatient, and she went away in tears. Prince Arthur, son of the King's eldest brother, is in the line of sucâ€" ccssion to the English throne. There is a chance, though somewhat reâ€" mote, that his wife may one day be Queen of England. Therefore she must be of some blood royal. Lady Marjorie is noble by long descent, but not royal. Her father is Mar- quis of Granby, by courtesyâ€"actualâ€" ly he is simply Sir John Mannersâ€" Lor'd Manners of H‘gtd‘don. It does. not help matte-rs any that he is eld- est son of the Duke of Rutland, or that they are descended from the famous Dorothy Vernon, of Haddon Hall. They are only of the nobility â€"and a sort of self-made nobility at that. As for Lady Marjorie’s mother, the lovely and talented Marchioness of Granby, before she married Lord Manners, in 1882, she was simply Miss Violet Lindsay -â€" with a violent attachment for art and for the the- atre. THE BLOOD ROYAL. It is natural that you should acâ€" cept this view of the matter, but of course we know better. Both Prince Arthur and Lady Marjorie, when they allowed themselves to fall in love with cach other, knew very-well that her lack of royal blood need not keep them apart» The present Prin- cess of Wales, wife of the» heir ap- parent, may become Queen of Eng- land almost any day, yet the miâ€" croscope does not exist with magni- fying powers sufficient. to discover royal corpuscles in the blood of her father, who is simply the Duke of Teck. .. ~ The fact is that when Lady Marâ€" jorie Manners and Prince Arthur of Conmaugh't fell in love they were per- fectly well aware that marriage may make any woman eligible to be crown-ed an English Queen Consort, provided that marriage is sanctioned by the reigning sovereign. And that is why Lady Marjorie finâ€" ally sou-ght and gained a personal audience with King Edward. But this was not until the King had inâ€" formed Prince Arthur of at least one other objection to this marriage. CHlVALRY OF PRINCE ARTHUR. It is current gossip in court, and even diplomatic circles, that it was several days before the youthful but very manly Prince could bring himâ€" self to report to' the woman he loved the King's objection to her. He is every inch a soldier, with all a. true soldier’s chivalry. He had fought bravely in the.Sou-t-h African wanâ€" the youngest of modern “Eng-- lish princes to take active service in the field. His courage was un'ques- ticn-eti, yet, When finally he went to Lady Marjorie with the noWs which seemed to him not only sad, but huâ€" miliating, 'he blushed and hung his head. He could only say that the King opposed the .match, and ex- pressed thc hope that later his‘ Maâ€" jesty might .change his mind. It was not difficult for Lady M'arâ€" jorie Manners to gain a. private au- dience with King Edward, although a little more difficult upon this oc- casion, as Edward probably pictured himself being crossdexamined by an indignant beauty, rendered persistent by a just grievance and a. general consciousness of rectitu'de. However, the'King yielded, and at first Lady Marjorie made herself most charmâ€" ing. It was near the end of the inâ€" terview that his Majesty felt it de- sirable to be eXplicit. “To speak very plainly. my ne- phew, Prince Arthur of Conn'aught, is not wealthy, Lady Marjorie. and I am not aware that you can promise a sufficient incomeâ€"say £1,000 at least. Andâ€"erâ€"t‘here are other rea- "Becauso I am not of the royal blood, your Majesty?" “You have named another sufficient reason.” “And because you don't admire my dear mother?" ' “We won't discuss that, Lady Marjorie." the King replied, with impatience. KING HAS A DISLl-liCl'C. The truth is that the still beau- tiful marchioness, with her enthusi- asm for all that concerns the World of art and letters and her almost supercilious attitude toward all, inâ€" cluding e‘mn royalty itself, Who do not recognize the aristocracy of art, bores his Majesty. There is one thing he sticks forâ€"the absolute so- cial supremacy of royalty. No soveâ€" reign is more ready than he to beâ€" .stow honors upon those who achieve quite 'tlelnent of with distinction, but he is one of those Kings who recognize no achievement as abating one jot the supremacy of royal blood. After all there are tWO ways in which those lovers may realize their hopes While it is true that a setâ€" 1 $20,000 n. year upon Prince Arthur is beyond the present. means or prospects of herself or ,her family..it is possible ‘that influences may develop in this age of cordial rcâ€" lations between nobility and capital which will make the amount forthâ€" commg. withdraw his objection to the match. He will never openly parade his disâ€" like for the Marchioness of Gran-by. Besides, how many lives are there between Prince Arthur and the throne? Far too many. apparently, to make his chance for the succession overlhalnbco his love for Lady M-arâ€" jorie. Then why should they not marry without the King's consent? These va0 considerations are what is keeping this romance alive, in spite of King Edward. _____+_.._ SUMS PAIDEDR JEWELS A KING WHO SPENT $5,000,000 ON BUTTONS. Duchess of Marlborough Owns a Pearl Necklace Worth ~ $1,000,000. Twenty thousand dollars for a. dropâ€"shaped pearl scarfâ€"pin, $15,000 for a pearl stud, $4,900 for a. coatâ€" fastener of white bouton pearl with gold bar, $800 for seven buttons en suite, and $775 for a pair of brilâ€" liant slceveâ€"links‘â€"these are a few of the prices realized at the recent sale of a noble marquis's jewellery, and they come as a revelation to the average man who has to work twanâ€" ty years for tho price of a scarf-pin, says London Ti tâ€"Bits. But, after all, everything is com- parative, and, the marquis's gems, rare and costly though they are. would have been quite eclipsed by Louis X1V.'S personal jewellery. The "Grand Monarquo” had many crazcs but for buttons he had a positive mania. In a single year, 1685, he squandered $600,000 on them, and some 61 his purchases are well worth glancing at. On August lst, 1685, he bought two diamond buttons for 67,866 f1‘., and seventy-five diamond buttons for 586,703 fr. The buttons for a single vest cost Louis $200,â€" 000. Of the 354 “buttonnioros” used 1612 contained five diamonds each, while the remainder were single diaâ€" monds. In all, the “Great Monâ€" arch” is said to have spent $5,000,â€" 000 on buttons alone. Few things are more astonishing to those who cannot afford such extraâ€" vagancos as? costly jewels than - the enormous sums paid for pearls. The Duchess of Marlborough has among her countless jewels a string, two yards long, of perfectly matched, and at the. same time almost matchlcss, pearls, once the property of Catherâ€" ine of Russia. Some of the pearls, for which the whole world was ran- sacked, are half an inch in diameter, and the value of the necklaCe is estiâ€" mated at $1,000,000. More astonâ€" ishing still was the price paid some. time ago by M. Tavernier for a single pearl whi " was the property of an Arab merchant. M. Tavernier travelled to Africa. in the hope of buying the jewel.,»for $125,000 at the outside; but'b'oforo ' it became his property. he had to hand over no less than $550,000; The pearl is the largcst. and most perfect in the world. The Shah is owner of a pearl valuâ€" ed at $500,000; and another, worth $225,000, is in the casket of a l-lusâ€" sian Princess. The Countess Hendkâ€" cl has many lovely jewels, but the gem of them .all is a triple necklace of pearls for which $250,000 was. paid. One of the necklaces was pur- chased from a Spanish gentleman for $60,000; another once adorned the neck of the Queen of Naples; and the third, valued at $100,000, was part of the State jewellery of the Emâ€" press Eugenio. The late Phirp‘ress Ii‘rederick of Germany usod to Wear a pearl necklace worth at least, ac- cording to experts, $250,000; and a few years ago another necklace, composed of eight rowe of 4-12 pearls the property of the late Duchess of Montrose, was sold by auction for $50,100. Queen Alexandra, Lady Feo Sturt, the Duchess of Portland, and Mrs. Colgate, who married the late Lord Strail‘ord, are all possessors of pearls the value of which must run into tens of thousands of dollars; and Queen Marghcrita of Italy has a most remarkable collection, numerâ€" ous enough to make a rope at least 30 feet long, and each pearl perfect in shape, lustre, and matching. Lint, enormously valuable as some pearls are. they must yield the palm of costliness to diamonds. For one of his many brilliants the Rajah of Mattan once refused an offer of $155,000, tWo war-ships fully equip- pod, and a large quantity of ammuâ€" nition; the Hope diamond, an exquis- ite blue gem, is Worth at least $100,â€" 000: the Empress Catherine paid Count Orlof‘f $500,000 for the stone which is known as his name; and the Florentine diamond, which was once sold by a Swiss pikcnlan, who had found it on the battlefield of Gran- son, for a. few coppers, is worth $600,000; while the value of other historic stones, the Bragantw, Itch gent, Kohâ€"iâ€"Noor. and so on, range up to $5,000,000. In this case the King will Ibluc'k ! . I As much as $40,000 has been paid‘ for an engagement ringâ€"the ring given to Miss Fair by her millionaire fiance. And a Wonderful ring it is, with its single diamond so large that its owner has to have a hole cut in 'the finger of her blove when she wears it. Mrs. Celia Wallace is the proud ownerof a. necklace of black diamonds. the fruit of eighteen years’ collection in all parts of the world. The necklace is composed of fourteen pendants, hung on a fine platinum chain. Each pendant has a diamond centre set around with a row of steelâ€"white diginonds. Between each pair of pendants is a single white brilliant “hanging like a pierced dewdrop,” while directly over the larger pendant is a nine- carat. white llnd'ian diamond for which alone Mus. Wallace paid $30,000. But one of the finest and costliest diamond ornaments in the world is that owned by the Gackwar of Bar- odaâ€"a magnificent collar of 500 dia- monds, many as large as walnuts, ar- ranged in live rows, edged by two rows of enormous emeralds. From this dazzling collar hangs as pendâ€" ant the famous “Star of the South" diamond, the largest and purest stone ever found in Brazil. ._.+_.__v TICKETS AT ANY PRICE. What Japanese Railway Trains Are Like. The railway traveler in Japan buy! a first, second or third class ticket; or, if he wishes to go cheaper still, he can get a ticket entitling him simply to stand on the platform. Many of the cars can be entered either from the side or the end. The principal difference between the first and secon'd-class'coaches is the color or the upholstery. None of the cars are very clean. ’ Many of the third-class coaches could serve, with- out much alteration, as ordinary pigs st-ies. This is all the more remark. able when the incomparable cleanli: ness of the J apanese home life, even of the hum‘blest, is taken into consi-d oration. 'An explanation pf this ma; be that the Japanese have little re.- gard for the cleanliness of any plact where they keep, their shoes or clogl on. The European room, for exam plo, which has been established in a few Japanese homes, is the onl apartment in the whole house thal is not kept scrupulously swept, dust: ed, oiled and burnished. So, too. with the Japanese 'inns. Those that are maintained in native style ar( sweet and clean; those that have be come Europeanizcd are usually lift tered with cigarct stumps, fruit peel-lugs and cores and other debris. A Pullman, with its, crowded ani unavoidable intimacics, is a. decent and polite hermitage compared wit! a. packed coach in Japan. All. sort! of unexpected things happen. Darini ablutions are performed and com plete change of raimen‘t is frequenth effected, the constantly recurring ten nels serving to screen the astonishiin character of these programs. The floor of third-claws coaches ii an unswept riot of the flotsam ani jetsam that usually follows in thl wake. of certain kinda of human craft the world ‘over. A Bowery picnii crowd abandoned to peanuts, popcornI bananas, never marked a more con spicuous trail than. a. lot of Japan'. ese peasants on route. Only, witll the Japanese, it is all a very solemn affair. Travel seems to afford fittt ing opportity to discard all kind! of personal wreckage. All forms of abandoned odds and ends of thing! begin to identify the itinerary from the very start. Of course, the for- eign traveler who wades through th'il car-strewu v waste does so to gain experience. It is not a pursuit of happiness. | . ‘ TALKING AT MEALâ€"TIMES. The old‘thcory that it was rude to tall: at mealâ€"times, which has come down to us from our ancestors, seems to have received a severe shock, according to a medical man. “Make sure, in partaking of hospi- tality,” he says, “that you are able to discharge the obligations it im- poses. Hunt out conversational coin from the crannies of your brain.” I know a family in which, from the youngest child to the eldest, each member is required to contribute something to general conversation at mealdtimcs. They have never been allowed to regard this as a more stop for stoking the physical engine, to be made as brief as possible Each treasures up some incident of the day; no one forgets that he has met an old friend, or even ‘watchcd a fire- cnginc, and the excitement it arousicd‘. “They have become more observant; their sense of humor is sharpened in little street comedies" because of the applause of the fam- ily circle. They are always sure of a friendly interest in their individu- al adventures and misadventures. They all keep in touch with each others' pursuits. Moaltimcs are not dull in that family. The mind. as well as the body, is refreshed." _.__.__._+._____._ Professor Ooston says that future scientists will place the evils of su- gar glutiony on a pedestal. as cow spicuous as the drink question, as causing v. deterioration of individuv ale and races. 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