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por’k take 10 pounds of salt, two mmgypafi . ” it remain in brine, four or five weeks or until it is salt enough, smoké'and let hang in an open dry place. Rub with powdered borax and no _The HOME. The little resting spots of men That creep along Time’s wall, Like shadows in the noon-day glare, Are kindest, after all. well insect will ever- buther it; wanted, without injury. .. One reason why pork sometimes _ . spoils is because of the barrel, which when “maâ€"“ed by the mom 0f toxl' ought to be thoroughly washed, and Burned with ambition’s flame, seamed before the meat is packed in iTis sweet to seek the humbler spot it. Where someone breathes your name ' I H FINE BONBONS. The variety of candy obtained at a moderate cost isalmost without CURING HAMS AND BACON. These are the days when “butcher- ing” has to be done and the houseâ€" ‘ keeper is busy making sausage and only by the knowledge of the head cheese; trying out lard and suâ€" cmnponnding them. perintending the putting down of Honey Nougatâ€"Put 5,1 lb. each of barns and bacon. It is ‘0. disagree- . . able, greasy duty, and everybody is sauce pan and boil until brittle. thankful when it is done. T6313 by (111313ng a metal skewer into Many recipes for pickle for beef and water, then in the boiling candy pork are used year after year in and again in water. After a few ‘ seconds push the candy off the skew- some families, giving good satisfacâ€" ' Thion every time. Here is an old Virâ€" er. \vlth thumb and finger, form into "let stand in water a few ginia method, of widespread use, a ball, which attests to its value: For curâ€" Seconds, then press between the ing f0ur hams, averaging 12 pounds teeth. If 'it leaves them without each, have ready one and a half Clmgmg it 15 COOkGd enough. Add gallons of best salt, one pound of: the stii'l’ly' beaten whites of 2 egg , goo-d brown sugar, oneâ€"eighth poundiand stirring them in well, continue of powdered saltpeter, one ounce of-to cook until the mixture will‘ not black pepper and oneâ€"ham ounce of adhere to the fingers. Remove from cayenne. Cut the joints into proper the fire, add 1 lb. blanched almonds. shapeS, without unnecessary bone and shredded lengthwise, and stir until fat, and lay them on a board or W011 mixed- Tum into a Square Pall atablc. First run the skin well with lined With paraffin paper. Place a salt and lay each joint aside, then Sheet 0f Paper on top, fit on this a begin over again, and into the fleshy board to cover pan. a trifle smaller. side of each ham rub two teaspoom- and Di“: a' Welght '0n 'top; a, couple fuls of saleetcr [and a tabIQSDOOnfu} of flatll‘OllS Will do. When cold and of brown sugalngfixcd tog-ether, Rm) firm cut in squares and dust with the pepper, particularly, about the DOWGGI‘O’d sugar- This is a Very “169 hock and under the bone and give to SWGCtmGRt- the whole ham 3. good application of Cocoanut Squaresâ€":30“ 1 Dt- 511‘ salt. Now pack the hams, one upon BTW. 1 tablespoon buum‘ and quar- ‘another, the skin side downward, tCI‘ pt- milk WithOUt StIl‘l‘in'g‘, for l5 with a layer of salt between, into a tub or box the bottom of which has one teaspoon vanilla and stir in des- been covered with salt. The process!iccated 00001111111; until thiCk; of salting will be complete in five 011D 01‘ half Dt- is about the right weeks. quantity. Roll into balls, or press At the end of that time have ready into a flat shape and cut in squares. about a, peck of hickory ashes; clean These are excellent dipped in c'hoco- the hams with. a brush or dry c1oLh late or fondant colored pink or 97nd rub them with the ashes. To green. _ smoke the hams the joints Should be An eaSily prepared chocolate for hung from joists beneath the ceilingldiplling is made by heating to the and a slow, smothered 'fire kept up boning 1’0th ha” 1b~ Sugar. three for five or six W'Cehs, so as to smoke ounces grated chocolate and 4- taile- thoroughly, but not'overheat the spoons water. When it comes to a hams, Wrap each ham in heavy boil, remove from fire and dip the paper, and enclose it in a canvas or Candles 0119 by 0n0~ coarse cotton bag, and hang in’ 9. Nut and Fruitâ€"Chop half pt. cit- cool, dry place. - ron, half lb. raisins, 1 pt. shelled Many like a pickle containing mo- peanuts and.-;linlf pt_.~ shelled wal- lasses or sugar. Make as fo110w3;__ nuts. Boil__2 lbs. sugar with ,quarter To four quarts of fine salt, and two pt. vinegar and 1 tablespoon butâ€" ounces of pulverized saltpeter add t'CI‘ until qUitO hard, but not brittle. enough molasses to make 3, pasta when dropped into cold water. Beat Hang the hams in a cool dry place ulltil partly cold, add the fruit am for three or four fays aftei cutting nuts and when it begins to harden up; then cover with the pickle mixâ€"lturn onto a damp cloth and work ture; thickest on the flesh side, and'into a roll. Wrap the cloth about lay them skin side down for three or it, and when cold out in thin slices. four days.‘ For 100 pounds of ham 01100013190 Brittleâ€"Don 1% 1‘35- makc brine in the following'propor- brown SUEâ€"1581‘. 0110 0119 molasses. 0‘10 .tions: Seven pounds coarse salt; two cup wateran-d a level teaspoon creui ounces saltp'eter; oneâ€"half ounce pear- 0f tfll‘tal‘ until it is brittle- lash; four gallons soft water. Heat in foregomg TCClPO- The“ gradually, removing all scum as it, tablespoon butter, cock five minutes riseS, then cool. Pack the hams in a. mOI‘c, add two level teaspoons soda barrel, pour the brine over them, and one cup broken nut meats. As and keep in pickle five to eight weeks soon as it begins to foam pour onto according to ,size. a large platter in a very thin layer. Another recipe which omit-.5 the Several smaller platters or granite ware baking pans may be used. When rubbing requires, for 100 pounds ofi y I .1 g, . I on pour over the top melted choco- one add one late, prepared in this w_ay: Melt 2 oblongs of chocolate in one table- spoon water, letting it come to a boil, then pour while hot over candy. When the chocolate is firm, break the Candy in pieécs. HOUSEHOLD HINTS . To take grease out of dress goods, get from your druggist a. piece of French chalkâ€"with a penknifc scrape off enough of fine dust to cover well the soiled spots, and lay the gar- ments carefully away for some hours -â€"-a day or two, perhapsâ€"then shake or brush. it off gently.'lf the spots are not entirely removed repeat the Don’t think you are justiâ€" fied in being laid up with a cold half the winter merely because it’s the season when everybody is supposed to At first a cold may not amount to much but it is likely to hang on have colds. effective. In fall and winter a houseworkâ€" er often has great difficulty in‘ keep- ing her hands soft and white. linâ€" less some soothing lotion is used, they will surely become chapped, es- pecially if one does any heavy house work. A good lotion ,is made of _ two parts of rosewater, two parts of glycerine and one part of citric acid. This rule has been used for years by a g E E :s E ~ a woman whose hands are always :5 a soft and white, though she has These colds that hang on long enough to give you trouble if it .is not stopped with " charge of a large farm and does a. great deal of kitchen work. But for this mixture, which she uses every night, she says that her hands wouldbe rough and coarse. Vascr line is, of course, good for chapped hands, but care must be taken that it is not rubde on the lips, for it will produce superfluous hair. Cold cream, too, it is said, will do this, weaken the throat and lungs and make the way easy for pneumonia and perhaps conâ€" sumption. It is just as well _ and should therefore be used with to reduce the chance as much caution. _ If coffee, tea and cholate spots as possible. Scott’s Emulsion on table linens are treated imme- ’ iately with boiling water, they will almost always come out completely, soothes, heals and cures a cold and does it qiiicklyâ€" that’s a good point to re- member. Will send you a little to try if on like. scorr asewus. Toronio, Ont. well. The linen should be placed over a bowl, and the water poured through it till the stain disappears. Stains that liaVe become set, should be spread with a mixture of egg yolk and glycerine, and exposed to bright sunlight. An English fashion writer advises honey and granulated sugar in al , l . ,4 " and a quarter pounds of brown snâ€" ' " a gar, two ounces of pepper, two A b t th A. ounces of a soda, two ounces of saltâ€" OH 3 g peter, and water enough to make a Q A brine that will float an egg. Pack 3 g imeat in barrel. Boil and skim the brine of sediment. When cool, cover ....H0use fl ithe meat 'with the brine. Weight it ‘ ' _ in down, and be sure it is all covered. ‘ Add the pepper after skimming. Let meat may be left in the pickle "till end, for combinations are lllnltafllthe Outlook, 1 l Test as ' I I . . I v - ' ' . piecess. We know of nothing mom for eleemontary smence and l unless the water is from an artesian the every woman to have at least one black gown in her wardrobe, and “to put it on when she is feeling tired or of! color." To dress in vi- vid hues under the circumstances, she declares, is to accentuate weary looks. ‘ WHICH l8 Tilâ€"E ClVlLlZED? COMPARISON OF RUSSIA ~AND "J' ' __â€"â€"- George Keenan Says Educational- ly and Otherwise Japan _‘ Leads. under either Russian domination or Japanese domination, which 'would you choose?” 1 should cast my vote unlicsitat- ineg in favor of the Government and people of Japan rather than in favor of the Government and people of Russia, writes Geo. Keeiiian, in and I should do this for the reason that Japan, as a power, is civilized aiid‘modern,wvlii1e Russia“ as a powor, is semiâ€"barbar- ous and mediaeval, and that among one of the first things that strikes the attentive newcomer in Japan' is the great number of external evidenc- es of widely diffused education. store on almost every block, only in the parts of the city inhab- ited by the higher social classes, but laws bear equally upon all. in the quarters and districts tenantj is no political crime, and consequent- ed almost exclusively by‘poor ,shop- ‘1§1,,,..house searches, arbitrary arrests keepers. al‘tisails.“ and day labprm's" antigsentences of exile arennknown. Since I took up my residence in the capital 1 have ridden hundreds miles through its universally stzeets, from Ueiio Park to Shinagâ€" awa, and from the Botanical Gar-deli to the river, and I think I am well, “If the whole world had to come ' i . _ In by a co‘nstitution, and the will .of TORIO' for exmnple’ there 13 a book" the people is eXpi'essed.rby means of' “0t a Parliament. Officials} 'as Well as 0f Lbcen engaged since her struggle with 0109‘“ lthe allies in the Crimea, has shown within the limit of moderation when, I say that there are ten bookstores in rI‘Okio for every one that can be found in St. I’ctersburg. JAPANESE SCHOOLS. School children of both sexes are quite as much in evidence at book- stores, and at certain hours of the day one cannot ride or walk three blocks in any part of the city with- minutes. or to a soft ball stage. Add 1 out meeting boys in the visorcd Caps and girls in the maroonâ€"colored Oc- ne . . 0 icidental skirts of the Japanese stu- dent world; while on holidays long processions of younger children from the primary schools march the streets, singing as they go, or picnic ground. If one had other material for the formation of a judgment than that afforded by bookstores and school schildren Tokio and St. Petersburg, one we naturally and that,, in educational facilities, least, Japan is far in afvance Russia. MONEY FOR EDUCATION. But there is other and more conâ€".011 closive material for a comparison of the two countries in the matter of culture. pupils, or about 25 per cent. of her children of school age, while Japan has under instruction 5,351,502 pu- pils, or 92 per cent. of her children of school age. Russia, with a year- ly national revenue of about $2,- 000,0-00,000, spends for ucation something less than $12,â€" 000,000, or 8 cents per capita of her whole population; while J apan,'with only one-eighth of Russia’s revenue, spends for the same purpose nearly $16,000,000, or 34: cents per capita of her whole population. Russia's military expenditure bears to her primary SCllOOl expenditure the ratio of nearly 18 to 1, while Japan’s disâ€" burcscments for military purposes bear to her primary school expenditure the ratio of less than 4 to 1. STUDIES COMPARED. So far as the practical utility of the instruction Japan is far in advance of In Japan the course of study cond grade, comprises reading, writ- ing, arithmetic, geography, Japanese history, elementary science, drawâ€" ing, singing, gymnastics, and for the girls, . sewing. 1n the higher primary schools having a four-year course, manual labor and the Eng- lish language, may be substituted Slllg'lllg‘ In Russia, even the best of the prim- ary schools have a curriculum far inferior to this in practical utility, while more than lialf of tliem~_those controlled by the Holy Synodâ€"are devoted chiefly to religion, Catechism and ‘choral church singing, with reading and writing as mere incidenâ€" tals. Intolerance tion and exile, meet reformers, civil or religious in Russia. Even now, sian Church, established in Tokio‘ by the Czar's Holy Synod, and the Russian priest, is ministering to Japanese convm‘ts and carrying on his services as usual. RUSSIAN AU’I‘OCRACY. The most intolerable features, per- . unscrupulous journal, iter of the Japanese wounded. through I on . their way to some excursion subul.1),sl,zilli through every part of the land. 0gFrance, French literary men the‘certainly get, up of .tive polities] uld ia““ the 1"1'01Wh 900910 WOUId Pl‘Oh- awav. In most cases he rarely Scour- inevitably conclude ably Upset the Government. at the English, of to the highest, have always been a he used to sell to a “receiver, Official statistics show that 'to work many of them up. t6 a pitchi diRussia has at school only 4,484,594'5avage and primary edâ€" I Without considering whether England davhreak given is concerned, 3 I Russia. It for | primary schools of the first and seq and bigotry, pepsecu- 1 l’lfeCOlllLES . _chronic n time of War, the Orthodox Rusâ€" lung disease. is tolerated.(...L1.m.,.11 -' - ' . .. . 1 _ , , .. .. quick pulse. loss of appetitel promoted’ and Lather leohn'iand feelings of fatigue and languorl liaps, of the Czar's bureaucratic sys-, tem of government is what the Rus- sians themselves , call “proizvol"-- that is, the substitution of indivi- dual volition for legal prescription. In civilized countries laws duly en- acted by the legislative branch of Government, and approved by the head of the State, must be obeyâ€" ed by officials as well as by private citizens; but in Russia snob is not the case. A Minister, in a private interview with the Czar, may obtain the latter's permission, not only to ignore a certain troublesome legal provision, but in case of alleged Ceylon tea in sealed lead packets only, in. order to be in a position Black, Mixed or Natural GREEN. By all grocers. Received the gold medal and highest award at St. Louis. W to guarantee contents. This is your safeguard. _.â€"._. __._.._ emergency, to disregard the law alâ€" WAS FRIEND OF POLICE. together. The Minister may then . --- delegate a part of this illegally acâ€" A Londoner Who Led a Three- quired authority to the Provincial sided Life, Governors; the latter, in turn, may , turn Over a part Of it to “10 depuv Carpenter by day, insurance agent ties. ' .in the evening, burglar by night w The contrast between a“ this and such was the triple life led by wu- the state of_ things which prevails 1mm Parker. the young. man who in Japan' is 5° great that one can was sentenced at Clerkenwell Ses- hardly pass from one to the other sums» on ..wednesday to fifteen Withm’t a mentu.‘ shod-L rllhe .130va months" imprisonment for burglary of the I’mperor in Japan, is limited at Highgnw' says the London Ex“, press. ' During the last three months it is believed that Parker committed beâ€" tween thirty and forty burglaries within a mile of his workshop in York-rise, l'lighgutc, a small street near Parliament Hillâ€"fields, which adjoins the gardens belonging to nearly 200 hfiUSi‘S. Tho youthful criminalâ€"he is twen- tyâ€"four years oldâ€"took the'workshop about seven months ago. citizens, are heund by laW, and. the There Every War in .which Russia has the dishonesty of her officials and general corruption of her civil ser- . _ _ _ vice, ' . 1 Having lived in the neighborhood HUMANE RUSSIA, V ,ngij years Parker was acquainted As to the humanity of the two naâ€" With 1MP." Of the local 1301106" Who tions, the following extract gives knew mm only as 3' reSPCCtable the Russian standpointâ€" . ‘ym’ng carp°nt”r‘ , , Theihlosdow Gazette, the able but' The CO'lStablesv an unsusl’lc’ousr cdiwd {or so used to spend an evening now and many years by Mr, Katkon‘, bomb, then with Parker, and there is little» advocates the iii-discriminate slaugh- down that 11“ Dl‘Ofitf‘d by their Con“ “our fidunces regarding the police measâ€" great, general, Suvarofl,” it, says, ures for catching the unknown burg- “when he fought against the civiliiâ€" lar, who was raiding 'flighgate. ed French, very often gave the orâ€" Parker was well known to 4 many der “no quarter’ to his troops. This Eigligate residents. and when he opâ€" was not cruelty or bai'barism; . it ened his workshop he was called to was necessity. And now necessity do repairs in. several houses, some of forces us in this war with a halfâ€" which he subsequently “burgled.” 80110. and hunger and starvation; His I method was generally the simple one of using a large 'tableâ€" knife to slide back the fastening of WORN a window, but in some cases he went a new and exhaus- to. the trouble of removing whole and soda] Philosophy, panes of glass by scraping the putty If the same conditions existed in BUt ed more than a few shillings in coin or a pair of boots. The stolen goods ” who from the lowest ranks PCCUllaI‘ly conservative and practical has not yet been traced. People. They have never gone much; . it was his silly way of spending finely wrought theories in any money that led the police to suspect flbranch of philosophy, political ,or the.carpentor-burglar. One 'of his .otherwise; nor has it ever been easy .wcaknesses was to buy rings. Another was to hire an open car- barbarous nation, torriage and pair on Sundays and take adhere to Suvarof‘f’s‘rule of no quar- two or three ‘Sliady?’ companions ter.’ ln our war with Japan we for a drive_ are li‘se a man attacked by a Viper.| |lt is' not enough to frighten it and geant Gmc accidm f0 watch, him,’ leave ‘t to mac m a bUShv 1" {nus} and for a fortnight he “shadowod” be destrm ed, and we'must do this we Workshop from nightfall until and the cosmopolitan plutocracy ob-. 'jert or not. To burden Russia' with thousands of Japanese prisâ€" oners, spreading dysentery, typhus, and cholera among the Russian peoâ€" ple, would, perhaps, be in accord- sure with humanitarian principles, but it would be very unwise. 'No quarter and no prisoners should be our motto." â€"â€"â€"+ A French scientist has made some interesting observations as to the ' love of diflerent wild animals for Doctorâ€"“A man of your physique ,the sea. The Polar hear, he says needs perpetual exercise. and‘sh-ould is the only one that takes to the not be perpetually indoors. A se- ea. and is quite jolly when aboard dentary regime doesn't suit you; you ship. All others violently resent should live in the open air,. and a trip on Water, and vociferouslv have plenty of walking. Let me see give vent to their feelings until seaâ€" -â€"what are you?" Patientâ€"“A post- sickness brings silenCe man, doctor!" Parker's daring is shown by the fact that when Sergeant G-ale'pounc- ed upon him one evening he was wheeling away a han-dcart which he had stolen a few nights before from. a,man to whom he .had sold it a week earlier. He was about to sell it again when he was arrested. Nearly a dozen recent burglaries have been traced definitely to Parker. _.__.4,\,__.___ _. _. . I. s.-.-..__. .__. ...__V.s _... -1»...â€" braehitis " .iirswsffidhrsns Wm And Returns Year After-‘Vear or Develops Into Asthma or consumption, The cure- is . s; caress sum F LiiiSEEB Ana ‘i‘llfil‘EilTiiiE W Bronchitis is too serious a disease loughly curing the [to trifle with. ' [it does not return. Children/am- .-most like” to con.“ Mus. luchmond Withrow. Shuben~ tract bronchitis.land if neglected, 1t,aca010: Hams 00-: N- Sn wrltCS‘ “1 > and returns yum. =have used, Dr. Chase's Syrup of Lin.- dncr year; until it wears the putlent fined and I‘urpentine With good suc- out or develops into some deadly icoss. My Seconddalluliter Was trou~ " ~ bled With bronchitis from the age of throat lthree Weeks. Oftentimes I thought ishe would choke to death. The sev- eral remedies We got did not seem 1 . . . to he of much use but the first dose ." r h. firsts in. toms. , .’ .. ‘llrf’ [IT-{12315 t .P‘d‘ .9]! i) ‘ ! rm ‘ of Dr. Chases Syrup of Linseed and ,llllff-HFOLUâ€"l‘h. 35 1V ab! 13:1.‘5 1- ; .101“ lTUI'pOlltlllO brought relief and further are paths ll’bthn chest. which ale-afl- itreatnient made a thorough cure. gravgti’cgqm 19" £1,091) ‘bfeathllm fand i’l‘liis trouble used to come back igoutghé‘llfif; lEchcsalitlin from time to time but the cure is ro ,iytz. pajure. '1 A. i , ' ‘ new permanent and sometimes streaked witht buff-mi Dr; Chase’s Syrup of Linseed and “S 9.3".” e 3.,t,{-.,,__ ' " ' ," 'or's )i s, and I would not be suit from ébntillpatlon 0f tho .‘115‘ without it in the house for many ease. ' fa", times its cost.” TDr. Cchaseigw-ylulp‘]. V‘ th Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and urpen me -is, We 3:. ie t, b 0 hf Turpentine, 25 cents a bottle; family effective treatment for r0110 1 IS ‘size, three times as much, (30 cents. Chills .and fever. nasal or of Linseed and most that money Will buy. at all dealers or Edin-anson, Bates It is the most effective treatment 6:. 00., Toronto. To protect you farâ€" against imitations. the portrait and fox bronchitis becauSe it is so whole Chase, the reaching in its effect on the signature of Dr. A. W. svsrem. not only looscnlni: the hard famous receipt book author, are on ilry'cougli, but actually and tho'r- every box.‘ The result was that Detective‘Scr- disease so that‘ 15 J‘s/‘vku‘uwv‘u T 11“!“ "a ,. . _'n,‘?1«_'y,yr.«fy‘l_ -' x, In {av--3 i. .p a