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'- e ._ ' $ (téiéfi €g€€€<fl€€g¢§£g<€®i About the *; ....House ‘ obnoseasamooesawsbboo . '° IEnglish Puddingâ€"Oneâ€"half cup of molasses, one cup of sugar, one-half cup at butter, two cups of flour, two cups of sour cream, one cup of seedâ€" ed raisins, oneâ€"half cup of currants, oneqdarter cup of Citron, one large teaspoonful of soda, one small teaâ€" spoonful of cloves, one small tea- spoonful of nutmeg, oneâ€"half teaâ€" ,spoonful of Cinnamon, one and one- half teaspoonfuls of lemon, one tablespoonful of vaniila, four eggs. Stir'molasses. sugar, and cream toâ€" gether with the doda. Beat eggs to a light fr0th and add the flour; lastâ€" ly, melted butter. Stir briskly five minutes. Steam three hours. Corn Gemsâ€"Coarse breads made from rolled oats, rolled wheat, whole Wheat, and cornmeal are very neces- sary daily foods. They keep the lower bowel in healthy action. Peoâ€" ple who use white bread constantly belong to the class of people found usually among dyspeptics, and that other class having headaches almost daily. If you use coarse or granulat- ed cornmeal take one cupful of corn- meal and hglf a, cupful of bread flour, using the same quantity as given or ordinary muflins. ' Grape Fruit Preservesâ€"When eaten, grape fruits are cut in halves, cross« wise, well sweetened with ganulaed sugar, and the rinds are then ready to be preserved. First, clean out every particle of the tough, inside skins. Then grate the rinds edgewise on a coarse potato grater. Soak over night. Drain oil the water and boil until tender. Drain off the boil- ing water also and throw it away. Make the syrup of two cups of sugar to one of water and let it boil until it begins to thicken. Add the grated grape fruit rinds to the boiling syrup and boil steadily for 20 minutes. The flavor is delicious. It} is economical and good and keeps indefinitely. Graham Mushâ€"With all .the many Varieties of breakfast foods, new and old, cooked and uncooked, we occa- sionally return to a dish of plain graham mushâ€"the bteakfast food of my childhood. To be really good the water, salted to taste, should be boiling hard beforethe flour is added. This must be sifted in slowly through the fingers and stirred constantly to prevent lumps. If the mush cools perceptibl during the making, wait a momen until it boils. again and boils hard or the mush will not be so good. The stiffness of the mush may be varied to suit individual tastes. As it needs only to be cook- ed a few moments like "minute pud- ding,” it isa very satisfactory emer- gency dish. Lemon Pie Without Lemonâ€"Line a pie tin with pie crust dough, prick the bottom well with a fork to keep it from blistering, and bake. The crust should be ready before beginnâ€" ing to make the filling. For the fill- ing, beat the yolks of two eggs (sav- ing the whites for frosting), with three-quarters Cup sugar'until smooth then stir in 3 tablespoons vinegar, and add 2 heaping tablespoons flour and stir until thoroughly mixed toâ€" gether; add 1 cup boiling water, stir well,- then set over the fire until it thickens, being careful to stir Well all the time to keep it from sticking to the bottom. Now set it away and flops)»; let cool while you beat the whites of ' 2 eggs to a still' froth; acid quarter cup sugar and stir just enopgh to MES THE BABY “WWI? If not, something must be wrong with its food. If the mother’s milk doesn’t nourish it, she needs ScorT’s EMULSION. It supplies the elements of fat required for the baby. If baby is not neurished by its artificial food, then it requires scan Emulsn - ' Half a teaspoonful three or four times a day in its bottle will bring the desired result. . It seems to have a magical effect upon babies and children. l i l ! , at least once a month, and the conâ€" ,at once, powdered starch will mix the sugar in well. To the lemon pie filling. which has been cooling, add 2 tablespoons lemon extract, stir well, then put into the piecrust. Spread the frosting on smoothly and set in the oven, on the top grate, until a light brown. This filling makes one pie and is.Very good. Most people like it better than when made of the lemon, as it has a more pleasâ€" ant flavor. Sweetheartsâ€"Make some nice pufi paste, roll out quarter inch thick and cut out with a heart-shaped cookey cutter. Place in a pan, sprinkle with fine granulated sugar and bake in a quick oven. When done, the cakes will be of a feathery lightness, and of a pale bronze color. Remove them from the pan, and when cold spread _____________.â€"-â€"-â€"â€" SAVE THE MOISTURE. Importance of Forests Is Computation. The rapidity brisk wind will dry fine is familiar to every housewife. Almost intuitively one swings in the air anything from which one wishes to have a, trace of moisture removed, like a piece of writing when one has mislaid the blottingâ€"paper. From the same principle it folloWs that where land tends to dry too rapidly. under the influence of constant breezes, rows of trees planted as a windbreak may prove useful. It often happens on great plains, where the natural precipitation is the underside of half the hearts with I hardly UP to the needs 0f agriculture! jellyor jam. Place a, plain heart 01 each (sandwich style), and press. together. Chocolate or, other icing may be used instead of the first namâ€" ed filling. PRESERVING MEAT. The old method of pickling meat in a strong saltpeter brine is still very generally used by farmers in putting up their annual supply. This method produces a, strong flavored, rather dry and indigestible product. There is a popular impression that salt- peter is a, very powerful preservative and that salted meat will not keep without it. In fact, saltpeter is not a preservative at all. It is a strong astringent, hardening the meat fibres, expelling the natural juices and de- crossing the nutritious qualities of the meat. When taken into the hu- man body in quantity, it acts as a powerful irritant to the mucus memâ€" branes of the stomach, bowels kidneys. The use of saltpeter upon meat is unnecessary and undesirable. A much better and safer substitute is cream of tartar. To make a good, mild and whole- some meat pickle take the following materials for each 100 pounds meat: Common salt 8 pounds, brown sugar 2 pounds, cream of tartar 2 ounces, water 4 gallons. First boil the wat- er for 15 minutes and then stir‘ in the salt, sugar and cream of tartar. Keep hot until all dissolvedj Let the pickle cool before using. Pack the cut meat as solidly as possible in a clean barrel. Place the larger pieces at the bottom. No piece should measure over 6x12 inch- es. Pour on the cooled pickle and completely cover the meat. Cover the barrel tightly and set away in a cool, dark, dry place. The meat may remain in the pickle until wanted for use. If to be smoked, remove from pickle after six weeks and drain for a day or two before smoking. To smoke use green hickory wood. Those who like a flavor may add a few chips of sassafras or juniper berries. The smokehouse must be dark and air-tight, except the chimney. This should be covered with wire mosquito netting. .The skippers which damage farm Cured meat most often attack the meat in the smokejhouse. The parent of the Skipper is a fly which infests meat houses, but which may be easily kept out by means of wire netting and well closed framing. After smoking until a light brown is attained, wrap each DlCL‘O of meat in broWn paper and incloso in bags made of unbleached muslin. Tie or sew these securely, then dip the bags for two. minutes into a, thick lime or ochre wash, to which has been added a. little salt and some liquid glue. rlhe water used in making this wash should have been boiled. Instead of bagging the smoked meat, it may be packed-solidly and deeply in clean, my cats or chaff. HINTS FOR THE HOME. When windows are difficult) to open rub, the cords with' soft soap and the sashes will run smoothly. For a shampoo mixture make a froth of good toilet soap, and when lukewarm add to it the beaten yolk of. an egg and a dessertspoonful of spirits of rosemary. _When the hair splits it shouldmbe cut by a. good hairdresser and sing- ed. ~I-IaVe this treatment carried out dition of the hair will soon improve. To keep sponges Soft and white wash them in warm_ water with a little tartaric acid in it, then rinse in plenty of cold water. Care must be taken not to ppt too much tar- taric acid, or the sponges will be spoilt. Borax water is useful for the toilet. Make it by dissolving as much borax as the boiling water will take up. Use a tablespooniul of this solution in about one pint of boiling for washing the hands at night. .. 'A good metal polish may be made as follows: Take half a pound of powdered rottenstone, one pound of soft soap, and one quart of soft water; boil all together for half an hour. and then set in tins for sue. Apply with a‘ flannel, and polish with Soft rags. ' Oil for clocks should be very pure, and can be made so in this manner: Put a quarter of a pint of limeâ€" water to a. pint of oil in a; bottle, shake it well, and let stand for five days; then draw 03 thetoil carefully for use. ' Fruit Stains on Linenâ€"If applied take out many kinds of fruit stains on linen. It must be left on the stained water part for a few hours, so‘ that all discolorationis absorbed by the starch. . ______.'+.___ ONE REQUEST._ “Our society," said the prison vis- itor, "is anxious to help you. _ Is there anything you'd like us to 'secure for yon?" . - "Well," replied the convict. “I Would like to have permission to‘in- vent a flying machine and use it."- and l boxes for $2.50 hv writing the Dr. Willriams’ Medicine 00., Brockville, . Ont. ' â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"+-w f that extra. fresh evaporation, due to; prevalent high winds, still further accentuates the difficulty. In such conditions the “shelterbelt,” or windâ€" break, illustrates anew the maxim that “a. penny saved is a penny earned." The effect of the wind in increasing the evaporation of water surfaces has long been known. Recent experiments Show that it is the same with the moisture of the land, and that Soil several hundred feet away from a windbreak dries up half as ‘fast again as that near byâ€"a difference not wholly accounted for by the greater shade. A lake in the woods will evaporate only half as fast as one in the open. ‘ This is by no means the only ad- vantage of the lines of trees which iform so conspicuous a feature of I many European landsCapes. Orchards !need protection against the gales [that often accompany the summer storm. Gardens are more successful I when thus surrounded. Domestic aniâ€" mals, more dependent than man on nature’s moods, derive great benefit from any tempering of the extremes of heat and cold. The economic importance of forests in regulating the flow of streams is beyond computation. They prevent wind and Water erosion, and thus allow the soil on hills and mountains to remain where it has formed, a. natural sponge at the source of the watercourses. “It is the amount o’f water that passes into the soil," an expert says, “and not the amount of rainfall, that makes a region a garden or a desert.” _____+.__â€"- A SPRING NEED. ._.â€" The Indoor Life of Winter is ‘I-Iard on the Health.‘ Not exactly sickâ€"’but not feeling quite Well. That’s the spring feel- ing. The reasonâ€"close confinement indoors during the winter months, breathing the impure air of badly ventilated houses, offices and workâ€" shops. The trouble may manifest itself in a variable appetite, little pimples or eruptions of ,the skin, a feeling of Weariness, and perhaps an occasional headache, or a twinge of neuralgia or rheumatism. Perhaps you think the trouble will pass awayâ€"but it won't unless you drive it out of the system by putting the blood right with a. healthâ€"giving tonic. And there is only one abso- lutely certain, bloodâ€"renewing, nerveâ€" restoring tonicâ€"Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People. Thousands of grateful people ,have testified that these pills are the best of all spring medicines. They actually make new blood; they brace the nerves and strengthen every organ of the body. They make tired, depress-ed, ailing men, Women and children bright, ac- tive and strong. Mrs. N. Ferguson, Ashlield,’ N.S., says: “For the bene- fit it may be to others I take much pleasure in saying that I have found wonderful benefit from the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. When I began taking them I was so badly run doxvn that I could scarcely go about the house. I Was also troubled with palpitation of the heart and Weak spells, but the pills have fully reâ€" stored the and I am now enjoying better health than I ever expected to have againfl ' If you want to be healthy in spring don't dose yourself with purgativesâ€" they only weakemthoy can’t cure. Don’t experiment with. other so-called tonics. Take Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills at once and see how quickly they will banish all spring ailments, and make you active and strong. Sold by all medicine dealers or sent by mail at 50 cents a box or six SLAVE KING’ S SONâ€"INâ€"LAW.‘ “Black Bill,” the oldest resident of Fiji, has died'at LeVl‘lka, at the- age of eighty-six. He was born a slave on a, plantation in one of the South‘ ern States of America in 1817, but he ran away and got on board a ship bound for Berwickéon-Tweecl, where he called himself William Berwick. A Berwick whaling ship, on'which he sailed for the South vPaciflc, was wrecked on the Samoan Islands, where “Black Bill” married a Sam- oan. He left Samoa fifty years ago and went to Fiji, where ‘King- Cake- vbau gave him, one of hiS’ daughters in marriage on condition'that' he acted as his interpreter and became his slave for seven years. A MEDICAL GAG. Patientâ€"I’ve! been. telling you symptoms foran hour, doctor, you haven’t said a,.word. y Doctorâ€"Let, me see your madam. No, it' isn’t. , Patientâ€"Isn’t what, doctor‘?‘ Doctorâ€"Isn't hung in the 'middle. my and tongue, with which a, fresh,I clothes on the] Black, Mixed or Green Tea. Sold only In load packets. By all Grocers. Highest Award St. Louis l904. : = : “a: :=:i==;=i;..u______.__._.__._.____ WHAT GRANEBUKES COST A LUXURY BRITAIN MANAGES TO DO WITHOUT. Relatives of the Tsar Take Im- mense Sums From the Russian People. The Russian Royal Family is the most numerous of any attaching to a contemporary reigning house Whose members remain in their own coun- try. Also it is the most costly, re- latively and absolutely. Officially, the Tsar receives $7,- 500,000 for his own use and enjoy- ment; but there are separate alâ€" lowances for his brother, the Grand Duke Michael, and for his sisters, the Grand Duchess Xenia, Wife of ‘the Grand Duke Alexander Michiailovitch, and the Grand Duchess Olga, 'Duchâ€" ess of Olvd‘enberg. Brothers, sisters, children, and grandchildren of the reigning Emperor are entitled to this grant so long as they stand in that relation to the head of the State. The $7,500,000 with which the Tsar is credited is only the officially admitted total; nearer the actual sum is the showing of a. French semiâ€"olfficial publicationâ€"suppressed by the Russian Censorâ€"which puts down his revenue from his country at $42,573,600 a year. WOULD WANT SCOTLAND. King EdWard’s Civil List, for him- self and Queen Alexandra, reached the modest total of $2,350,000 per annum; an additional $530,000 covâ€" ers the annuities of the whole Royal Familyâ€"$150,000 to the Prince and Princess of Wales, $125,000 to the Duke of Connaught, and lesser sums to others of the Royal circle. Therefore, the total cost of the ruling house, of the greatest Empire the world has ever seen is less than would suffice as official emolumen'b for a couple of Russian Grand Dukes! The Grand Duke Sergius, who Was recently assassinated, «drew $1,500,â€" 000 a year, and the others holding offices of high title are correspondâ€" ingly Well paid. This refers. of course, to their official positions under the State, and is distinct from the huge private income set inalien- the throne. Had we an army of grand ducal re- latives nearly forty strongâ€"of the Sovereign, as has Russia, we should have to set aside for their mainâ€" tenance the whole of Scotland, and perhaps a couple of million of our choicest acres in addition. ' Ever since the days of the Emperor Paul I. there has been devoted to Royal purposes an estate known as the Imperial Appanages, wh'ose revenue provides the private income of those who are born Grand Dukes or Grand Duchesses, children and grandchilâ€" dren of the Tsar, but not in direct line of succession to the crowu. 800,000 SLAVES. This estate formerly heal attached to it 800,000 slaves; but, even with the emancipation of the serfs, it re- mains to-I'day an increasingly valuâ€" able property, an‘d yields a minimum “$10,000,000 a. year, every penny of which goes into the pockets of the Grand Dukes and Grand Dueliâ€" esses, no matter what their other sources of income. Then there are the official poets. If We Were Ruslsivan'ized for our sins into the acceptance of Grand Dukes, We should not have been paying the late Duke of Cambridge $60,000 a. year pension for his services as Comâ€" inarrderâ€"iniâ€"Chief of the Army, but twenty-five times, that sum for less efficient service. . We should have, say, such a. man as the late Duke Constantine Nicolavitchl, father of the present Grand: Duke Constantine. His command .of the Russian Army led to the hideous mismanagement, humiliation, and defeats at Plevna, Where tlieday and Russm Were only saved byrliis deposition and the ap- pointment-of brave old Tod'leben, the hero of Sebastopol, who fought like a soldierand an honest administraâ€" tor _of a trust, and not like a.Grand Duke. ' . , . Then, at the head of the Navy we should have a Gcand Duke. Alexis. lfie has translated Captain Mahan’s “Sea Power” into Russian, but managed to forget. all its lessons. For he it is who has brought the Russian Navy to the condition. of ludicrous. inefficiency and unpreparâ€" edness' of Which the Japanese have so fully taken advantage. And. judging by precedent, the danger would not end there. HOW THEY GET MONT-j . Not long ago a relative of the ad- miralâ€"general wanted money, and "v ably aside for Russian Royal bloodl not in direct order of succession to gle. was promised a, prodigious connnis?‘ sion if a. battleship were ordered in. a. certain quarter. He gave the order there and then. The Grand Dukes of the Admiralty, when evenâ€" tually they came to hear of it, had to foot the bill to save the face of the family, and the ship proved an excellent target for the J aps at Port Arthur. Governorships of military and civâ€" il districts, paid for with' princely generosity by those who toll not neither do they spin, would be placed at the disposal of our Grand Dukes, and, supply of these failing, we should, still modelling our procedr ure upon the Russian, create others. We should want, say, a Minister of Mercantile Marine and Commercial Ports. Russia did eighteen months ago, and the Tsar thoughtfully gave the office to the Grand 'Duke Alex- ander Michailovitch, his most exodâ€" lent brother-in-l'aw. There was not sufficient money available for his Imâ€" perial Highness, so he blackguarded M. de Witte for more. M. de \V-itte, Who knows where the money goes, complained to the Tsar, and went so far as to resign, whereupon the Grand Duke apologizedâ€"and got his increase later. __ We should n61; expect our and military Grand Dukes to earn when war broke out. Only tWQ of the Russians have domeâ€"Boris, who Was sent back from the front for striking Kouropatkin When the lat- ter refused to have the youngster's dissolute rctinue in camp;. and Cyril, who has come back from the seat of war to make love to a divorced princess. No; no war for the Grand Dukes. There would be plenty to keep them occupied, even. if they did not all, like the Admiralâ€"General Alexis, take to breaking the bank at Monte Carlo, and winning $50,000 an hour. ALL EXPERT “JUGGLERS'.” There would be public moneys to handle. No departmth of public revenue esoapes the grand ducal hands. It may be money for clothes and food and ammunition for the men who are laying down their lives at the front; it may be the creation of a memorial to the brave (lead, or a fund for . the sustenance of the barely livingâ€"the grand ducal hand. is- impartia-lly receptive. And there are State funds to jug- Th'ere are $265,000,000 a year from State domains; $275,000,000 a year from such' monopolies as min- ing, ll'lillltln'g, posts, telegraphs. and telephones; and sums which come from the liberated serfs and Crown peasants. And there are the out- going sums, war funds, and all \the general public expenditure, not for- getting the $1,083,85O a year for the Tsar’s stud. Into all these acâ€" counts the acguisitive fingers of the=- Grand Dukes find their way, and do not come out urnrewarded. Such are some of the directions by which we in England should be af- fected by the installation of‘ Grand Dukes among our rulers. Happily, we have outgrown all such possibil- ity of this worst of all corrupt oli- garchies. Feudalism died with us centuries ago. It was struck dead in France a. hundred years back, and it looks ‘as if the anniversary of that 'overth'row were going to be kept in Russiaâ€"«London Answers. , o I VALUABLE TO MOTHERS. naval Baby's Own Tablets are for child- ren of all agesâ€"they are equally good for the newâ€"born babe or the well-grown child. They will prompt~ ly cure colid, indigestion, constipa-z tion, teething troubles, diarrhoea, and simple fever. The Tablets break up colds, prevent croup, and promote healthy sleep. They are guaranteed: not‘ to' contain a particle of opiate or any of the poisons found in soâ€" oalled "soothing" medicines. Every; mother who has used these Tablets speaks of them in the highest praise. M‘rs. T. Timlick, Pittston, Ont., says:â€"“I have used Baby’s OWn Tabâ€" lets with the most satisfactory re- sults. 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